Tag: Richard Dawkins
Listen: Berlinski on the Limits of Rational Discourse
I asked David Berlinski and Michael Denton what they thought was the nub of intellectual difference between a thoughtful Darwkin skeptic and a thoughtful Darwin loyalist.
Intelligent Design and Common Descent
A reader asks, “I was just wondering why some fellows at Discovery believe in ID but still hold to common descent.“
Richard Dawkins as Reluctant Darwinian
At a debate in Chicago between Dawkins and Bret Weinstein, I witnessed something that I never thought I’d see.
Knowledge, Power, and the Scientific Enlightenment
A focus on power, to the neglect of wisdom, is fine, as long as it is recognized that mechanical philosophy is incomplete.
Ignoring Other Research, New Study Explains (Away) the Origin of New Body Plans
Recently, a team of British paleontologists added a new pseudo-explanation.