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Friday, December 21, 2012

The National Rifle Association: Part of the Problem

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According the Toronto's Globe & Mail [ NRA's call for armed guards in U.S. schools a warning for politicians ]. The NRA is off...
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Michael Ruse Defends the Cosmological Argument

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Here's a video of Michael Ruse criticizing Richard Dawkins for being too simplistic in his attack on belief in god(s). What Ruse is say...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

IDiots at Evolution News & Views Defend Ann Gauger's Video

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I few days ago I posted a video by Ann Gauger where she criticizes population genetics. Sandwalk readers recognized right away that she doe...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

A Course on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences

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Want to learn more about Intelligent Design Creationism? The Center for Science & Culture in Seattle, Washington (USA) is offering a co...
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This Is What a Culture of Guns and Violence Looks Like

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The man who is advocating gun culture is Louie Gohmert , a Republican member of the United States Congress representing the 1st Congressiona...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

Monday's Molecule #196

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Last week's molecule was tetrahydrofolate, an essential cofactor in several reactions; notably the synthesis of thymidine. The winner wa...
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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ann Gauger Describes the Intelligent Design Creationist Version of Population Genetics

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In lieu of Saturday morning cartoons, I offer this video. David Klinghoffer likes it [ The Awkward Secret that Plagues Population Genetics a...
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Texas Wants to Protect the IDiots in Universities

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As most of you know, there's a reason why we call them IDiots. There's a reason why faculty members in a biology department might no...
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Friday, December 14, 2012

Fallout from the ENCODE Fiasco Makes It into the Globe & Mail

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Most of us are aware of the ENCODE publicity fiasco. The leaders of the project made some outlandish claims about the function of most of ou...
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Do Some IDiots Actually Question the Existence of Natural Selection?

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Paul Nelson has been challenging the pervasiveness of adaptationism by pointing out that many evolutionary biologists promte nonadaptive evo...
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What Do Philosophers Really Think About Arguments for the Existence of God(s)?

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Over at Uncommon Descent there's a recent post praising the "noted philosopher" William Lane Craig [ Noted philosopher Willi...
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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Udo Schüklenk on Bioethics and Margaret Sommerville

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Udo Schüklenk is a Professor of Philsophy at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. His specialty is bioethics. Udo gave a ...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

On the Evolution of Complexity

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Can you go from some simple character to a more complex feature without invoking natural selection? Yes, you can. Complex features can evolv...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Barry Arrington Explains Other Ways of Knowing

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In my opinion, science is a way of knowing characterized by a requirement for evidence, healthy skepticism, and rationality. "Knowing...
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The Best of Evolutionary Psychology According to Jerry Coyne.

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None of the Sandwalk readers rose to to challenge of identifying a really good evolutionary psychology paper [ The Best of Evolutionary Psy...
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