Monthly Archives: September 2011
Design theory fighting cancer
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Design inference, News |
UD News staff are all veterans of many mid-life cancer funerals. Go ahead, Telic: Blow the cancer to hell. more
This Doonesbury cartoon tells you all you need to know about the design vs. Darwinism controversies.
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
Except it only really tells you about the pathologies of Darwinists. Sad one. more
A friend advises attending THIS conference – Cell Press takes a risk
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Epigenetics, News |
The scope will be broad, giving the interested attendee a glimpse of epigenetics at both the molecular as well as the organism level. more
A modest proposal for evolutionary biology students who are impressed with the “Shakespeare” simulation …
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
As one blogger put it, this is just Dawkin’s Weasel program all over again–comparing a partially completed solution to the final solution, and modifying only the parts that are wrong. Not a very random way of using those monkeys at all! Imagine taking an MedCat exam where the professor told you which multiple choice problems… more
To listen to Karl Giberson, Discovery Institute is why many people doubt peer review
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under News, Peer review |
Karl Giberson is the last man alive, according to his own testimony, who really, truly believes in peer review. Give the man credit for a lot of faith. more
Climate change controversy: It takes a long time to turn a great ship around, but eventually …
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Climate change, News |
The principal elite belief, throughout human history, is “There are too many rabble and they’re ruining everything.” Elites are always generous about what constitutes evidence in favour of that view. more
Biology education vids that stick to biology … not too much to hope, after all?
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under News, science education |
It’s nice that we don’t currently have the least idea whether Dr. Samuel thinks, BioLogos-style, “God would have/wouldn’t have done it that way.” more
Multiverse concepts just redefine universe without giving notice?
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
“Yet, according to modern physics, the very idea of an edge of the universe is incoherent.” more
The photon is “not just a single particle but is actually an (uncountable) infinity of identical or ‘fungible’ particles”? Reviewer unconvinced.
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
Rae isn’t convinced that this Deutsch fix – or others – resolve the problems, and is put off by the book’s dogmatic tone. more
So dark energy could do us the favour of just not existing?
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
If Tsagas’ theory is correct, it would rid cosmology of its biggest headache, dark energy, … more
What Gives?
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by GilDodgen under Intelligent Design |
In my essay here, paragwinn asks, “You’ve been quite prolific lately with these testimonials. What gives?” Note the 136 comments at this writing, which eclipses most all recent posts by an order of magnitude. This is not an atypical consequence of my posts at UD. So, what gives? What gives is a sea change in… more
Earth’s formation not as simple as some believe, researchers say
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Cosmology, News |
“Our study suggests a more complex history in which gases were also dissolved into the Earth while it was still covered by a molten layer, during the birth of the solar system,” more
Update on the recent paper on the placenta as a “huge cut-and-paste job” …
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Culture, Darwinism, News |
The original paper does NOT use the phrase “genomic parasites” or anything like it. But pop science writers sometimes just invent stuff. more
Shapiro: Pulling a cognitive rabbit out of a sentient hat?
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Intelligent Design, News, Origin Of Life |
Simple life forms cannot have originated the intelligence by which they are guided because they don’t exhibit it. But they do display its effects, so its existence can’t be denied. more
Just how many monkeys = Shakespeare?
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by Robert Sheldon under Intelligent Design |
A recent blogger has announced that a few million simulated monkeys really could reproduce Shakespeare. This is such a hoary chestnut, that of course, everyone had to go and read just exactly what the fellow actually did, if only to ridicule it. Here’s how he describes his project, Instead of having real monkeys typing on… more
Columnist Mark Steyn hears from a spouting scientist
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Culture, News, Science |
He proves he is a real scientist by never checking into stuff before sounding off. more
Anyone remember this guy at conferences? Maybe he remembers you …
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by News under Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, News |
“The book is partly a memoir of my experiences at various creationist conferences, … ” more
Blast from the past: Baylor-friendly family wanted prof fired for insufficient Darwinism
| September 27, 2011 | Posted by O'Leary under Culture, Darwinism, News |
It was clearly a position that any university would have to reject. more
Human evolution soap opera: The “global climate change” special episode
| September 26, 2011 | Posted by News under Human evolution, News |
Face it guys, this isn’t science. But it’s fun. more
Those faster-than-light neutrinos: When results don’t match theory, the equipment is bust, or the staff are incompetent, or …
| September 26, 2011 | Posted by News under News, Physics |
“The scrutiny of the apparatus only occurred with divergent results, never with consistent results.” more