Tag: Stephen Jay Gould
What Ever Happened to Darwin’s Big Book?
Why didn’t Darwin publish the evidence for his momentous theory? And why was his thesis hailed as one of the greatest ideas in science despite that fact?
Some Unintended Consequences of Atheist (and Theist) Discourse
This “law of unintended consequences” is an intriguing aspect of the whole Darwin/Dawkins affair that deserves further investigation.
Is This a Paradigm Shift?
Something is changing. Here are more thoughts on the “tipping point” in dissent from neo-Darwinism.
Study Finds Life’s Origin “Required a Surprisingly Short Interval of Geologic Time”
It’s certainly not impossible that life was already present on Earth at 4.2 Ga. And if it were true it would have intriguing implications.
Fossil Friday: Cambrian Fossils Turned Upside Down Yet Again
Most of these reconstructions are based on very weak evidence and are highly speculative.