Science and Islam: the Kickoff
My post at Forbes, on the recent University of Iowa panel on Islam and Science. I’ll be posting video from the event soon.
Category: evolution
Quote of the Week
I know it’s only Monday, but Jason Rosenhouse gets Quote of the Week: If you ask a theistic evolutionist where eyes came from, he will reply that eyes evolved gradually by natural selection, just as scientists say. If you ask him what scientists should be doing differently in their professional lives he will reply that… Continue reading Quote of the Week
Adam (Eve, not so much) and the Vatican
My two posts on genomics and the challenges to traditional theology, here and here.
Evolution in Science Fiction
I agree with PZ Myers: I’m very pleased to see that Greg Bear’s Darwin’s Radio gets mentioned for its bad biology. That one has annoyed me for years: Bear does a very good job of throwing around the jargon of molecular genetics and gives the impression of being sciencey and modern, but it’s terrible, a… Continue reading Evolution in Science Fiction
Quote for the Day…
Larry Moran at Sandwalk: “The writings of people like Michael Ruse and Dan Dennett should convince most other philosophers to back off before they discredit the entire discipline of philosophy.”