"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.
The DVD for the documentary Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed has been released. I do not have my copy yet, but I will be buying one. For those who have a copy, are there any interesting extras?
posted by Lawrence Selden @ 5:30 PM
3 comments
Academic freedom and freedom of speech has been a very big topic at this blog. These two articles examine what might happen to these rights if the election ends up the way the polls indicate:
posted by Lawrence Selden @ 3:45 PM
1 comments
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.
