Tag: H. Allen Orr
#7 Story of 2021: Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis
It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled.
Jordan Peterson Discovers the God Hypothesis
It’s refreshing to see such intellectual humility from a figure with Peterson’s status. But not all his followers were thrilled.
Philosophical-ish Objections to Intelligent Design: A Response to Paul Draper
Recently I was asked by several people whether I had ever responded to an old review of my book Darwin’s Black Box.
Perplexing: Michael Behe’s Critics Falsely Claim He Ignores Exaptation
Writing in the journal Science, reviewers Lents, Swamidass, and Lenski make a very specific, clear, strong, and unambiguous claim.
When the Non-religious Tell the Religious to Accept Evolution
I don’t necessarily believe that religion has to always be incompatible with evolution, but it’s always amusing when unreligious people try to convince the religious that Darwinism is highly compatible with religion. The famous example is of course Eugenie Scott, a signatory of the Third Humanist Manifesto, who recommends that biology teachers discuss pro-evolution theological viewpoints in public schools. This past week has revealed two more examples of attempts by unreligious scholars telling the public that religion and evolution are compatible: H. Allen Orr In an article in the latest issue of New York Review of Books, evolutionary biologist H. Allen Orr attacks Dawkins for fighting against religion and says, “it’s far from certain that there is an ineluctable conflict Read More ›