Tag: Ernst Haeckel
Jonathan Wells and the “Unknown Unknowns”
Richard Sternberg regretted, citing Plato, that “words are very poor containers for what one wants to say” about a friend like Jonathan.
Dismantling the Icons of Evolution
I invited Dr. Casey Luskin to share some of his memories of our longtime colleague Dr. Jonathan Wells, who recently passed away at 82 years old.
Life’s History and the “Ode to Joy”
The history of life can perhaps be likened to a collection of different musical themes. In Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, the four beginning notes are the theme.
Sagan’s “Star Stuff” and the Suicide Pod
If life is nothing more than material or “stuff,” why not allow people to recycle themselves when they feel their useful lifespan has come to an end?
Darwinian Death: Euthanasia Meets Eugenics
One powerful influence on the early euthanasia movement was eugenics ideology, which emerged first in the 1860s under the leadership of Francis Galton.