Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, October 22, 2012
Chris Stedman Defends Accommodationism
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Chris Stedman is currently the Assistant Humanist Chaplain 1 and the Values in Action Coordinator for the Humanist Community at Harvard [ C...
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Another Evolutionary Paradox?
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The IDiots are remarkably good at uncritical thinking. When you couple this tendency to ignorance of evolution, you come up with some remark...
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Science
Journal Publishes More Gobbledygook
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I don't know what's happening at Science these days. It got caught up in the arsenic affair last year and it recently made a fool o...
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Douglas Axe on Protein Evolution and Magic Numbers
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Imagine that I asked you to "prove" evolution by transforming a chimpanzee into a human. Would you recognize the fallacy that I de...
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On Attacking the Integrity of Scientists
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We are discussing the evolution/creation controversy in my course. One of the issues that comes up frequently is the role of scientific evid...
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Does Environmental Change Drive Evolution?
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I recently posted an article on the lack of evolution in species that have lived through several ice ages { More Evidence of Short-term Stas...
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
More Evidence of Short-term Stasis
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A group of paleontologists recently documented stasis in birds and mammals from 35,000 years ago to today (Prothero et al., 2012). Intelli...
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Understanding Evolution in New England Colleges and Universities
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The March issue of Evolution: Education & Outreach contains an interesting article on "Educators of Prospective Teachers Hesitate ...
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Why Are Chimps Still Chimps?
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The American Biology Teacher published an issue dedicated to evolution back in February 2012. I got a chance to see this issue when I was i...
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Monday, October 15, 2012
Monday's Molecule #190
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Last week's molecule was carnitine (3-hydroxy-4-(trimethylazaniumyl)butanoate) or carnitine. The winner was Raúl Mancera [ Monday's ...
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Eschaton 2012 Is Coming!
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THE WORLD IS PROBABLY NOT ENDING. NOW STOP WORRYING, AND CELEBRATE REASON! Come to Ottawa for a weekend gathering of scientists, philosoph...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2012
A Dishonest Intelligent Design Proponent?
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Most IDiots are ignorant about evolution and they let their religious biases interfere with the proper interpretation of scientific data. We...
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An Honest Intelligent Design Proponent?
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It's unusual to find a proponent of Intelligent Design Creationism who makes an honest attempt to evaluate scientific facts. Jonathan Mc...
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Breaking News ... New Atheists Aren't Very Sophisticated
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Richard Swinburne is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford (UK). He's a noted Christian apologist who has writte...
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What Is Evolution?
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Most non-scientists seem to be quite confused about precise definitions of biological evolution. Part of the confusion is because the word &...
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