Category: Biology
Darwin-doubting mathematician David Berlinski on why math IS really important
| May 21, 2013 | Posted by News under Biology, Mathematics |
… contrary to what Darwinian evolutionary theorist E. O. Wilson thinks. more
Not only is there no scientific method, but biology does not need math – says prominent evolutionary biologist
| May 20, 2013 | Posted by News under Biology, Mathematics |
If Wilson is right, current evolution theory has nothing to do with basic concepts like math. The popular TV talk shows will give you a much better idea of what you need to know. more
Theology According to P.Z. Myers
| May 9, 2013 | Posted by DonaldM under 'Junk DNA', Biology, Convergent evolution, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science |
Over on The Panda’s Thumb blog, Darwinian apologist P.Z. Myers recently posted a pejorative laden critique of a review article by Casey Luskin. Luskin was responding to a recent New York Times article on a study purporting to show how certain genes in fish might hold an important clue on how fins turned to feet.… more
Slate.com in a Dither Over non-Repeal of LSEA
| May 7, 2013 | Posted by DonaldM under academic freedom, Biology, Constitution, Courts, Creationism, Culture, Darwinism, Education, Evolutionary biology, Intellectual freedom, Intelligent Design, Laws, Legal, science education |
Slate.com is all upset that repeal of the Louisiana Science Education Act of 2008 was was rejected yet again in a 3-2 vote in the State Senate. 19 year old Rice University Student Zack Kopplin has been leading the charge to get this “outrage” done away with once and for all, with help from the… more
Why on Earth would a layman accept Darwinistic claims?
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by William J Murray under Biology, Chemistry, Complex Specified Information, Darwinism, Evolution, Evolutionary biology, Human evolution, Mind, Origin Of Life |
First, by “Darwinistic” I mean “atheistic-materialist neo-Darwinist”, which includes the view that even the origin of life can be explained by reference to chance and natural law. As Alan Fox points out, many of those here are “laymen” when it comes to evolutionary biology. Most of us are not specifically schooled or trained in that… more
More math actually reduces biology papers’ impact
| July 21, 2012 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
” … receiving 28% fewer citations overall for each additional equation per page in the main text.” more
John Davison, a peppery non-Darwinist biologist, has died.
| May 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
He wasn’t a tenured bore. more
James Barham at Best Schools ‘fesses up III: Biology (like the social sciences) is guilty of massive and systematic equivocation
| March 15, 2012 | Posted by News under Biology, Culture, Intelligent Design |
“Biologists are constantly basing nearly all their work on an unspoken assumption of the “usefulness” or “efficiency” or “rationality” or “intelligence” of biological systems, even if they would strenuously deny the fact. ” more
760 million year old animal found in South Africa
| February 6, 2012 | Posted by News under Biology, Evolution, News |
“a 150 million years earlier than when other animals emerged in the fossil record.” more
Latest issue of Synthese: Should scientists even try to define life?
| February 5, 2012 | Posted by News under Biology, Intelligent Design, News |
“I conclude that scientists, philosophers, and ethicists should discard the project of defining life.” more
ID Foundations, 15(a): A Testable ID Hypothesis — Front-Loading, part A (a guest-post by Genomicus)
| January 20, 2012 | Posted by kairosfocus under Biology, Design inference, Genetics, ID Foundations, Intelligent Design |
(Series on Front-loading continues, here) As we continue the ID Foundations series, it will be necessary to reflect on a fairly wide range of topics, more than any one person can cover. So, when the opportunity came up to put Front-Loading on the table from a knowledgeable advocate of it, Genomicus, I asked him if… more
Another biologist steps out of line …
| December 12, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, Darwinism, News |
Most biological students think that adaptive radiations and Darwinism go together, and that the mechanisms of genetic mutation and natural selection explain all the data. … However more
New biology journal to be researcher-run, not editor-run
| December 4, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
“The top tier publications are often run by professional editors who do not work in a lab, and who do not moderate the peer-review process.” more
Researchers hope butterfly genome sequence explains migration – but their approach raises a critical question
| November 29, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, Intelligent Design, News |
It will be most interesting if the mechanism indeed turns out to be fundamentally the same for butterflies, birds, and turtles. What would such a finding imply? more
Vid: Yes, these ARE birds …
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
And you have never seen anything like it. more
Great TED Talks vid: Human life from conception to birth
| November 15, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, News, Video |
Top life sciences micro photo: The rotifer, filtering water for food, like a vacuum cleaner
| November 14, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
You can see a brick of the shelter the rotifer builds around it, ready to be added, in the winning photo. more
Ten best microscopic pictures from the life sciences 2011
| November 14, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, News |
Here. more
Irrational reasons for refusing to consider design …
| November 12, 2011 | Posted by News under Biology, Design inference, Intelligent Design, News |
From our moral and intellectual superiors, no less. more