"A self-styled form of Darwinian fundamentalism has risen to some prominence in a variety of fields, from the English biological heartland of John Maynard Smith to the uncompromising ideology (albeit in graceful prose) of his compatriot Richard Dawkins, to the equally narrow and more ponderous writing of the American philosopher Daniel Dennett . . . . - Stephen Jay Gould, "Darwinian Fundamentalism," The New York Review of Books.
You can listen to the debate between Peter Ward and Stephen Meyer by downloading mp3 files here.
posted by Lawrence Selden @ 1:16 PM
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I am a macroevolution agnostic. I used to accept evolutionary theory. Then I looked at the evidence. It became clear to me that macroevolutionary theory is built more on a priori philosophical assumptions than on evidence. Microevolution, on the other hand, is supported by the evidence. The distinction between the two is critical and is largely ignored, or not understood, by the mainstream media and general public.
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Hi. You have a great blog here. I have added a link to your blog on my blog.
Also, I want to bring to your attention my new blog, named "I'm from Missouri," at http://www.im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/ This blog contains the following posts ( not all of the posts are listed in the left side-bar, so to find the post it might be necessary to either scroll down the main & acrhive pages, use the search window in the top border of the blog screen, or use the direct links I have given ).
Criticism of Kitzmiller v. Dover decision ( direct link http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2006/04/traipsing-into-breathtaking-inanity.html )
This post, titled "Traipsing into breathtaking inanity," focuses on criticizing things other than the judge's reasoning on the scientific merits of intelligent design and irreducible complexity. I also have posts on Kenneth Miller's and Barbara Forrest's roles in the trial.
Views on Intelligent Design
http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2006/04/views-on-intelligent-design.html
Non-ID Challenges to Evolution
These challenges concern the following subjects:
(1) Co-evolution,
http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2006/04/co-evolutionary-paradox.html
(2) the propagation of beneficial mutations in sexual reproduction,
http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2006/04/propagability-of-beneficial-mutations.html
and (3) chromosome counts.
http://im-from-missouri.blogspot.com/2006/04/chromosome-counts-and-evolution.html
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