Tag: National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society: Don’t Censor Misinformation; It Makes Things Worse
While others demand crackdowns on “fake news,” the Society reminds us that the history of science is one of error correction.
Yes, the Punctuated Equilibrium Model Was Developed to Explain the Lack of Transitional Fossils
Why would Eldredge and Gould propose such a model? Because they knew the data showed that potential transitional fossils are an extreme rarity.
Answering Another Objection to Intelligent Design: “You Can’t Prove God Exists”
Now it’s possible that physics-based arguments for design could extend the argument further than you can go within biological design.
Excerpt: A Reply to Michael Ruse
Let me tell a little story about blood clotting, Russell Doolittle, and Michael Ruse.
Galápagos Finches — A Paradigm of the Limits of Natural Selection?
They are not, per the National Academy of Sciences, a “particularly convincing example for speciation.”