24 March, 2008

A smart thought about Evolution

Richard Dawkins, in reviewing the Intelligent Design film "Expelled", states a positon on Darwinism that I'd never seen before, but it makes a heap of rational sense.
As I have often said before, as a scientist I am a passionate Darwinian.
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13 November, 2007

About the Creation Museum

You may not be aware of it, but someone has spent twenty-some million dollars to build a Creation Museum.  I hope you take the time to read and enjoy John Scalzi's report about his trip to this shrine to creationsim as much as I did - especially the part about vegeterian dinosaurs.

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25 June, 2007

Britain says Intelligent Design is not Science

Its good to read that the UK Goverment sees no place for the chicanery that is Intelligent Design in its school's science curriculum. 

It has also defined "Intelligent Design", the idea that life is too complex to have arisen without the guiding hand of a greater intelligence, as a religion, along with "creationism".
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30 January, 2007

Don't bet on the Doomsday clock stunt

Did you know they advanced the time on the doomsday clock?  Did you know we had a doomsday clock?  Is the doomsday clock little more than a PR stunt?  Sure, it looks bleak, so this dose of optimism should make you think again about

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