Tag: history
Count on It: Bach, Biology, and the Baroque
Perhaps the parallel between what Michael Denton calls “non-adaptive order” in biology, and the art of the Baroque, goes a little further.
New and Old Eugenics United by Rejecting Human Exceptionalism
Buck v. Bell was one of the most pernicious Supreme Court decisions ever written.
Excavating the Intellectual Roots of Intelligent Design
There’s a pair of matching, bookended myths about ID — one pertaining to its origin, the other to its purported demise.
You Can’t Ascribe Intelligence to an Unguided Process
There’s a new movement afoot among some evolutionary biologists to co-opt the term “intelligent design.”
Flat-Earth Myth, Anyone? Recalling Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Long Pedigree
Which reminds me, who will be this year’s COTY (Censor of the Year)? Give us your nominations by February 5.