Month: January 2014
A Reader Asks: What Did I Mean by "Rarefied Design"?
The concept of rarefied design is useful shorthand for the kind of design in nature that David Hume ostensibly discredited in his Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
Miller’s Biology Textbook on Gradualism vs. Punctuated Equilibrium and the Scope of the Cambrian Explosion
Adopted for use in Texas, the Pearson textbook omits the single most important fact about the scope of the explosion of diversity in the Cambrian.
It’s Midnight: Nominations for Censor of the Year Are Now CLOSED!
Thank you for your nominations — including the silly ones. The staff of Discovery Institute’s Center for Science & Culture will be considering carefully.
Hmm, Here’s a Great Point from Creationist Ken Ham: Journalists, Please Take Note
Mr. Ham frames the distinction between intelligent design and creationism in a most helpful way.
Comparing Explanations for "Trade-offs" in Darwinian Theory and ID
Merely stating that an animal (like the peacock with its outrageous tail) exhibits trade-offs doesn’t explain how mutation and selection produced it.