Tag: Louis Agassiz
Distancing Darwin from Racism Is a Fool’s Errand
“Scholars have wasted their time trying to exonerate Darwin of responsibility for Social Darwinism, for he was a Social Darwinist.”
To Avoid Debate, Darwinists at the AAAS Would Even Censor…Darwin
A modest proposal to teach evolution the way Darwin treated his own theory has “no support” from one of the world’s most powerful scientific organizations.
Louis Agassiz: Some Additional Thoughts
Despite the significance of Agassiz’s scientific accomplishments, his heavy historical baggage cannot be lightly discarded or ignored.
Who Really Inherited Darwin’s Legacy? You Might Be Surprised to Learn
Design scientists like Michael Behe have, in an important way, been following in Darwin’s path for decades.
Meyer, Medved on Great Minds — Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale, and More
Animal forms come and go, but what links them as “acts of mind” (as Agassiz put it) is a “continuity of ideas,” not, says Meyer, the physical continuity that Darwin asserted.