From My [confined] Space via PZ Myers
Quote of the Day (Pete Enns)
November 17, 2011 By 11 Comments
“Particularly in the age of the Internet, it is not hard at all to find someone with Ph.D. in a relevant field who lends a countervoice to mainstream thinking. This is true in the sciences, in biblical studies, and I’m sure any academic field. There is always someone out there who thinks he or she [...]
Religion, Science, and Deduction
November 15, 2011 By 22 Comments
I find it bizarre that critics of evolution who claim that science is simply guessing, and that one cannot draw conclusions about past biological evolution based in present evidences, do not see how this undercuts their own claims every bit as much, if not more so. Religious fundamentalists, of the sort that offer pseudoscientific critiques [...]
Monkeys, Typewriters and Evolution
November 11, 2011 By 20 Comments
It is a famous analogy which has been used by both sides in the evolution debate: If you give one or more monkeys typewriters and an infinite amount of time, supposedly they will eventually produce the works of William Shakespeare. The necessary rationale for that is of course infinity: in an infinite amount of time, [...]
Creationists: Postmodernists of Convenience
November 10, 2011 By 10 Comments
Although proponents of both young-earth creationism and intelligent design typically show signs of great (and unwarranted) confidence in their viewpoints, when it suits them, some of them will happily say that they are dealing with the same evidence as mainstream science, and it is only their presuppositions (which they assume are correct) and their interpretation [...]
Judgment Day
November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This is the PBS NOVA documentary about the Dover trial related to Intelligent Design. HT Jerry Coyne
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