Hurrah for National ReviewA conservative magazine finally published an article on evolution that wasn’t nonsense!Seriously, this is a nice piece by Jim Manzi (available online here), who runs his own software company and has a working appreciation for just how randomness works in Darwin’s theory. Look for the usual nitwits to show up in the… Continue reading
Ah…the age old question: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Best Encoder of them All?
Providing Ammunition Mark Shea is understandably dismayed by the…um…less than rigorous IQ of some African bishops. He writes, “Is the pool of candidates really so shallow that these weird guys are the best they can get? How can Africa produce so many great priests (I’ve never met a bad one) and yet wind up with… Continue reading
Holbert pretty much says it all. (Hat tip: Hub Blog)
Larry Arnhart has a good post today, providing another example of why I think Aquinas and Darwin would have gotten along quite well: Under the influence of Aristotle’s biology, Thomas concluded that, although only human beings act from “free” judgment, other animals act from “estimative” judgment about what will satisfy their desires. Thus all animals… Continue reading