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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, April 07, 2014
Alan Sokal explains the scientific worldview
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As most of you know, I prefer a broad definition of science as a way of knowing. I usually refer to it as a way of knowing based on rational...
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The Oklahoma Academy of Sciences says, "The Academy contends that the acceptance of the general theory of evolution and a belief in God are compatible."
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I just read a couple of papers on teaching evolution. The focus was on common misconceptions and whether teachers share the same misconcepti...
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Monday's Molecule #236
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Last week's molecule [ Monday's Molecule #235 ] was N -formylmethionyl-tRNA f Met (fMet-tRNA f Met ). The polynucleotide has to be ...
Sunday, April 06, 2014
The American Society of Plant Biologists embarrasses itself by publishing "New functions for 'junk' DNA?"
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Theme Genomes & Junk DNA The American Society of Plant Biologists has put out a press release with the title New functions for 'ju...
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Vincent Torley tries to understand fixation
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I'm having an interesting discussion with some creationists. They claimed that the differences between the sequences of the human and ch...
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Saturday, April 05, 2014
Why does Stephen H. Webb use the word "Darwinism"?
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We know why the IDiots use the words "Darwinist" and "Darwinism" to describe evolutionary biologists and modern evolutio...
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Why is Adobe Reader such bad software that it needs to be fixed every few weeks?
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I run Adobe Reader on about six different devices so I see that annoying "update required" notice far too often. I've just giv...
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Friday, April 04, 2014
Jonathan Wells proves that life must have been created by gods
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This YouTube video is described as "The most ignorant 82 seconds you'll ever see." I don't know about that. I been around ...
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University rules and regulations
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Today is the last day of classes at the University of Toronto and I have to submit a copy of the final exam to the Examination Supervisor. A...
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Thursday, April 03, 2014
What does "liberal arts education" mean in the 21st century?
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The President of the University of Toronto recently published an article about undergraduate education. I questioned whether my university r...
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Does the University of Toronto really care about undergraduate education?
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My university, the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada), is huge. We have 60,000 undergraduates making it one of the biggest universities...
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Vincent Torley apologizes and claims that he is not a liar
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I was very upset when Vincent Torley suggested that I attributed all of the evolution of chimpanzees and humans to the fixation of nearly ne...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014
How did the zebra get its stripes?
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A couple of years ago I posted an article on How Did the Zebra Get Its Stripes? . I pointed out that this wasn't a Rudyard Kipling sto...
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Breaking news: Creationist Vincent Torley lies and moves goalposts
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Although all types of creationists are anti-science to some degree, 1 the Intelligent Design Creationists are unusual because they don'...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2014
A creationist tries to understand genetic load
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Apparently there are some creationists who are slightly embarrassed that they don't understand evolution. First, there was Vincent Torle...
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