Tag: Modern Synthesis
Darrel Falk Downplays the Ramifications of the 2016 Royal Society Meeting
The meeting exposed the reality, hidden from the public, that leading evolutionary theorists recognize that natural selection has no real creative power.
Biology’s “Best-Kept Secret” — Alfred Wallace’s Classic Is Out Now in a New Edition
On the subject of evolution, the scientific “consensus” depends on maintaining the our forgetfulness of Charles Darwin’s great partner, rival, and challenger.
Reeves: Natural Selection, Explanatory Deficits, and Bunnies (Dark and Light)
The story includes the neo-Darwinian modern synthesis and the extended evolutionary synthesis, culminating in a 2016 meeting of the Royal Society.
Science Education and the Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck.
PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”
What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject.