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Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Monday, April 14, 2014
Why creationists think they are more open-minded than scientists
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Vincent Torley was initially very skeptical when I described the differences between human and chimpanzee genomes and explained that those d...
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Critical thinking and standardized tests
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Lawyer Barry Arrington has posted a link to an article that compares scores on standardized tests (LSAT) with undergraduate discipline. It a...
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Saturday, April 12, 2014
On being outed as a closet Darwinist, again
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I can understand why the Intelligent Design Creationists want to label me as a Darwinist, but John Wilkins? What's his motive? He writ...
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Friday, April 11, 2014
On the frustration of trying to educate IDiots
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Theme Mutation -definition -mutation types -mutation rates -phylogeny -controversies The Intelligent Design Creationists are remark...
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On being "outed" as a closet Darwinist
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There is no universally agreed upon definition of "Darwinism" but many of us think it refers to a view of evolution that emphasize...
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Tuesday, April 08, 2014
How can IDiot students stump science professors?
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The Intelligent Design Creationists tell us repeatedly that they have a valid scientific theory of design. The reality is that 99.9% of ever...
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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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