Tag: Views
The Opossum’s Tale: The Torley Saga, Cont.
I’ll make this simple. The evidence for synteny in opossums and chickens is good. Surprised?
Public Opinion Is the Ultimate Peer Review
People aren’t stupid. Science is a public enterprise, and public acceptance has always been its most significant seal of approval.
Having a BLAST: The Torley Saga, Cont.
There has been an ongoing discussion between Dr. Vincent Torley, a philosopher, and myself on the subject of pseudogenes, synteny, and common descent.
Intelligent Design Is a Protest Movement Against Homogenized Thought
Watch this parody of a TED talk. It’s very funny, and true, but also suggests a more serious point.
Why Should Evolutionary Biology Be So Different?
Joseph LeConte, professor of geology at the University of California, provides an insight into the way most scientists think about evolution.