As I’ve mentioned before, there isn’t any real scientific controversy about Intelligent Design. The conflict is totally legal and political, cooked up by ID advocates because there’s little to no scientific merit to ID arguments. In October, there was a forum titled “Science Wars,” sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute, and something Ken Miller said […]
Aetiology has a real world example of how evolutionary theory is being used in medical research into bacterial resistance to antibiotics: Peptide antibiotics have not yet been used clinically to treat human infections, but imagine if they had gone into widespread use without a thought given to the evolution of resistance to these peptides. Imagine […]
The simple fact of Pat Robertson rebuking the citizens of Dover, PA for ousting Intelligent Design-supporting school board members is ridiculous enough, but it turns out that Robertson is even more clueless than I originally thought. In his rebuke, Robertson said, “I’d like to say to the good citizens of Dover: if there is a […]
The Dover Area School District trial is still going on, pitting Intelligent Design against Evolutionary Theory. The York Daily Record (via The Panda’s Thumb) takes a look at the recent testimony of Brian Alters as he examines the implications of the statement that Dover Area High School students are required to listen to. Part of […]
Sunday’s News and Record had a set of columns on the opinion page debating the implications of peak oil. On the “Pro” side, Steve Yetiv argued that we need to start working on alternatives now to stave off the worst effects of the decline of oil production. Scott Tinker argued the “Con” side, saying that […]
Pharyngula has an interesting article about mice that have developed the power of regeneration.
Starting today, the Dover Area School District in Pennsylvania begins defending its decision to bring Intelligent Design into their biology classes. The school district’s policy is being challenged by eleven parents of students attending one of their high schools who assert that intelligent design is “unscientific and has no place in a science curriculum”. Richard […]
Strobel’s The Case for a Creator, claims to present scientific evidence for a creator. Before evaluating this claim, I think it will be useful to have a working definition of “science”. This one seems pretty straightforward and to the point: The study of the material universe or physical reality in order to understand it. This […]
I’d like to use this post to begin a follow up on a discussion I was having with someone on the News and Record’s Letters to the Editor blog, home to a host of some of the most partisan posters on the Internet. The debate between Evolutionists and Creationists has been going on for quite […]
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