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Mike Dunford was a graduate student in the Department of Zoology at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, where he studied evolution. Life as an army spouse has since moved him on to Pensacola, where he's currently trying to figure out what to do next. While he's doing that, he writes stuff here, although not usually in the third person. He's also a contributer to The Pandas Thumb. As is the case with everyone else here, his opinions are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of any organization he is affiliated with.
Category: Accidental
As I wrote that title, I realized that it's probably insufficiently informative - there are, after all, multiple parallels between Intelligent Design proponents and the crackpots dedicated defenders of the Constitution who continue to insist that Barack Obama is...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 3:07 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Intelligent Design
Casey Luskin is once again hard at work in the Discovery Institute quote mines. In his latest effort, he tries to make the case that a recent review article by Kevin Padian and the Panda's Thumb's own Nick Matzke...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:24 PM • 48 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Intelligent Design
There's a very interesting article over at Uncommon Descent about beavers, and the things that they do. I'm not entirely sure why they posted the article - Barry seems to be trying to make the point that because Beavers...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:40 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Moral Flexibility
I've been dealing with creationists for a long time now, and I thought that I'd gotten over being surprised by dishonest behavior in their ranks. In fact, I thought I'd gotten over it even when I'm on the receiving...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 9:42 AM • 74 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Accidental
Egnor has, in short, provided another example of why an understanding of evolutionary biology is essential to the medical field known as epidemiology.
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:47 AM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Public Perception of Science
With all of the renewed fuss the Discovery Institute is trying to stir up over the Gonzalez tenure thing, this seems like a really good time to talk about the role of money in the tenure process. I'm not...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 7:41 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Intelligent Design
The Discovery Institute is currently making hay (again) over Iowa State's decision to deny tenure to Discovery Institute Fellow Guillermo Gonzalez. They've held a press conference and issued a press release claiming to have proof that Intelligent Design was...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 4:23 PM • 60 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Moral Flexibility
One of the joys of procrastination is that sometimes if you wait long enough, someone else really will take care of things. I mention that because Ed Brayton just did a good job dismantling Casey Luskin's latest whine about...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 10:44 AM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Church/State
The fine folks at the Discovery Institute aren't happy with tomorrow's PBS documentary on the Dover Intelligent Design case, and they're doing their best to make sure that everyone knows just how unhappy they are. They've been frantically tossing...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 2:37 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Intelligent Design
Today's New York Times has a story up on the upcoming Ben Stein "documentary" on the alleged persecution that ID proponents face in the academic world. The NYT article quotes a number of scientists who were interviewed for the...
Posted by Mike Dunford at 11:59 AM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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