Stork theorists unite! Anticipating success with their feature film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, Producers Mark Mathis, Logan Craft and Walt Ruloff have already leaked a teaser railer for the film’s sequel. Their “teach the controversy” slogan seemed to work well… Continue Reading
The “leading” “academic” source of discourse on Intelligent Design theory has just published a report that says: Complexity can arise without intelligent design, but complexity is not the same thing as design. But isn’t the basis for intelligent design “theory”… Continue Reading
In today’s Fish Wrapper, I’m tempted to think that someone has run an April Fool’s joke. Jonah Goldberg attacks the Darwin Fish. The reason? He just watched the recently banned anti-Muslim movie Fitna and thinks that evolution advocates are smug… Continue Reading
Popular atheist blogger, University of Minnesota biology professor, and intelligent design critic PZ Meyers went to see the premiere of the pro-creationist movie Expelled!: No Intelligence Allowed and was ejected from the line before he could go into the screening.… Continue Reading
His name is Tiktaalik Roseae and he’s a transitional form of life between a fish and an amphibian. The absent of transitional forms of life is a common method used by deniers of evolution to “prove” that evolution could not… Continue Reading
As longtime readers of the blog know, I am consistently annoyed at attempts to teach creationism (the idea that the universe, or life, was created by a supernatural entity, such as God) in public school science classes. I don’t have… Continue Reading
Sometimes, one theory is better than another. Having overheard a conservation today at lunch about how evolution is “just a theory,” and trying my best to not jump out of my chair and bitch-slap the participants, I take this opportunity… Continue Reading
During one of the early Republican Presidential debates, Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas raised his hand when the panel was asked “Who here does not believe in evolution”? Today in the New York Times, Senator Brownback attempts to explain himself.… Continue Reading
Not many posts recently because The Folks are in town and staying with us. They’ve no desire to intrude on our lifestyle but we don’t get to visit with them much. So I’m devoting more of my time to being… Continue Reading
This week’s cover article in Time magazine and the results of a recent survey on the extent of religious faith in America got me thinking. I I’ve been critical of anti-scientific thinking for some time now. One of the books… Continue Reading