Month: August 2012
The Perverse Conservatism of Academic Culture
Darwin advocates are always telling us how in academic science overturning bad old ideas is strongly encouraged since for young scholars that’s the way to make your name.
Conservation of Information Made Simple
Conservation of information is not a difficult concept and once it is understood, it becomes clear that evolutionary processes cannot create the information required to power biological evolution.
Coyne Disses Shapiro, but Shapiro Inspires Koonin — and Natural Selection Is the Main Issue
Although their offices are located only one block apart on the University of Chicago campus, the biological perspectives of Jerry Coyne and Jim Shapiro might as well be located in different galaxies.
Double Standards and a Single Variable: A Response to Paul McBride’s Review of Fossils in Science and Human Origins
McBride provided the pro-evolution blogosphere with something to talk about, and his review has since been hailed on a number of evolution blogs.
Bill Nye the Intolerant Science Guy: “Your Kids” Need to “Believe in” Evolution
Nye’s most recent comments are noteworthy because he articulates the intolerant position of many evolutionists towards skeptics.