Tag: Richard Dawkins
Charles Darwin’s “Intelligent Design”
“To those whose delight it is to dwell upon the manifold instances of intelligent design which everywhere surround us, this book will be a rich storehouse.”
Imagining “Abiogenesis”: Crick, Watson, and Franklin
There are some biologists, such as Richard Dawkins, who still pin their faith in ideas which have resulted only in blankly negative experimental results.
The Dawkinsian Mythology
Philosopher Mary Midgely pointed out the fatuousness of the “meme” hypothesis in painfully direct terms.
More Implausible Stories about Eye Evolution
Such accounts invoke the abrupt appearance of key features of advanced eyes including the lens, cornea, and iris.
Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?
Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building.