Tag: Washington University
#4 of Our Top Stories of 2018: A First Human Couple? New Evidence and Arguments
A bottleneck of two, or a first pair at our origin older than 500,000 years, is possible.
Michael Behe and His Critics
If the past is any guide, where the critics are substantive rather than snarky or patronizing, we’re in for a good debate.
Response to Swamidass: Sniffing at 700+ Citations of Mainstream Scientific Literature
He focuses on one subtopic of one chapter, dismissing the rest of the scientific content of the book as failing to engage with mainstream science.
Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution
It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion.
Answering Swamidass on Theistic Evolution: Sketchy Science, and a Swerve into Metaphysics
His choice of targets for criticism and for praise have a lot more to do with his particular agenda than the defects or merits of those whom he critiques.