Tag: Scientific American
Looks Like the Appendix Isn’t a “Junk Body Part” After All
The myth of Junk Body Parts continues to take a pummeling from science much as its sister myth, that of Junk DNA, does.
Methinks He Is Like a Dawkins: Prominent RNA World Researcher Michael Yarus Commits Famous “Weasel” Blunder
“To suggest how Darwinian evolution can surf across supposed oceans of improbability, I have set up a mutation-selection demonstration.”
Scientific American Challenges the Multiverse
“Even if the multiverse exists, it leaves the deep mysteries of nature unexplained.”
Bah! Humbug! Darwinists Spreading Usual Christmastime Drear
While the Christmas season brings out the best in most people, it seems to have the opposite effect on many Darwinists, who become even more sour and dismal than usual. Even Eugenie Scott, who perennially tries to be the happy face of Darwinists everywhere, can’t resist sounding like a Scrooge. In an article co-authored with Glenn Branch in this month’s Scientific American, Scott sounds the alarms against the “dangerous lie” that Darwinism is a theory in crisis, and implies that civilization itself will collapse if we allow teachers and students the freedom to discuss criticisms of Darwinian theory—because as every thinking person knows, all of our knowledge of everything depends on Darwin. Seriously. Anyone tempted to believe such predictions of Read More ›