Tag: Washington University
Biologist: It’s “Racist” to Invite Condemnation of Racism
Organizers of the St. Louis World’s Fair believed human zoos would “shed light on the theory evolved by Darwin as regards the evolution of the human race.”
Confronting Joshua Swamidass on Confrontation
Swamidass got it wrong, and it’s perfectly appropriate for me to confront him on that. I wasn’t talking about any approach to human argumentation at all.
An ID Debate: Joshua Swamidass and Günter Bechly
Joshua Swamidass is a computational biologist at Washington University in Saint Louis who says ID may or may not be true in some part of what it affirms.
Watch: Bechly and Swamidass Debate Intelligent Design
One highlight is Dr. Bechly’s summation of his scientific reasons for affirming intelligent design. This produces the response from host Justin Brierley: “Wow.”
In the Name of “Academic Freedom,” a Scientist Calls for Punishing Creationists
The practice has a sordid history. There’s always a rationale — for example, in labeling Israeli businesses, or those doing business with Israel, to be avoided.