Month: January 2012
“We Designed Something in a Lab, Therefore Unguided Evolution Is True”
If you follow science news, that could be the headline on a story from the research world at least once a month.
Specious Speciation: The Myth of Observed Large-Scale Evolutionary Change
For years, Internet Darwin activists have cited the TalkOrigins Speciation FAQ. People who believe this FAQ demonstrates that Darwinian processes can produce large-scale biological change have been badly misled.
Hyper-evolutionism, Scientism, and the Mythical Wallace of Michael Shermer
Shermer’s term “Intelligent Design creationism” signals his own misjudgment in the matter, namely, that ID is creationism.
Is James Shapiro a Darwinist After All?
Has Shapiro really solved anything? His “third way” seems more like an equivocation strategy.
The Natural and the Supernatural: Alfred Russel Wallace and the Nature of Science
The reason scientists do not take seriously the claims of Intelligent Design theorists today is the same reason that scientists did not take seriously Wallace’s speculations about an “overarching intelligence.”