Tag: Stephen Jay Gould
Fossil Friday: Discontinuities in the Fossil Record — A Problem for Neo-Darwinism
The fossil record generally documents a discontinuous history of life with sudden appearances of new body plans and new forms of life in saltational events.
The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?
Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.
Gould’s Panda Argument Is a Problem for Atheistic and Agnostic Views
Contrary to conventional wisdom, then, Stephen Jay Gould’s panda argument does not provide evidence against intelligent design.
Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?
Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not.
Does a Suboptimal Panda’s Thumb Fit Better with Evolution than with Intelligent Design?
Just how much does evolution expect suboptimal structures? And just how much does intelligent design expect optimal ones?