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Commentary on the Endless Dispute Between Evolution and Creationism
Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
September 29, 2006
Category: Chess
That's the headline in The New York Times. I'm not kidding. Game five of the big reunification match for the World Chess Championship was supposed to be today. This was the match that was going to restore harmony to the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:41 PM • 5 Comments •
September 28, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
Michael Shermer answers yes in his latest column for Scientific American. He conveniently organizes his arguments in a series of bullet points, and we will consider that momentarily. Shermer gave me my big break in the evolution biz by publishing...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:57 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Science
Have a look at this article from the current New Yorker. It focuses on the recent anti-string theory books from Lee Smolin and Peter Woit. The article provides a decent summary of Smolin's and Woit's views, but it is seriously...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:38 PM • 18 Comments •
September 27, 2006
Category: Chess
The big chess match continues apace. Topalov pressed hard with the white pieces in game four. He developed some advantage but was never really close to winning. Kramnik's tough-as-nails defense did not permit any breakthroughs, and Topalov had to settle...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Over at the utlra-right-wing website World Net Daily, Jonathan Wells has posted a characteristically ignorant and dishonest essay entitled “Why Darwinism is Doomed.” Yawn. P. Z. Myers takes care of business with this smackdown. Worth reading both for the joy...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:06 PM • 9 Comments •
September 26, 2006
Category: Chess
Veselin Topalov finally managed to get on the board in the third game of his match with Vladimir Kramnik. On the black side of another Catalan Topalov made a draw in 38 moves. This was no grandmaster draw, however. Topalov...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:12 PM • 1 Comments •
September 25, 2006
Category: Chess
Two games down in the big World Chess Championship and two wins for Kramnik. But that doesn't tell the whole story. Game One saw the quiet Catalan Defense from Kramnik, an ultra-solid opening fitting Kramnik's style. He obtained a small...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:51 PM • 3 Comments •
September 22, 2006
Category: Chess
Omigod, omigod, omigod! Ask me how excited I am. Go ahead, ask me. Answer: Very excited. Why? Because the match for the World Chess Championship begins tomorrow, as you would know if our miserable press corps would get around to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:19 PM • 3 Comments •
September 21, 2006
Category: Religion
In Tuesday's post I commented that Christopher Hitchens is always reliable when writing about religion. As if to prove my point, the new issue of Free Inquiry turned up in my mailbox that night. It features an essay by Hitchens...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:45 PM • 59 Comments •
September 20, 2006
Category: Evolution
The Washington Post reports the latest fossil hominid discovered in Africa: Fossil hunters have unearthed the fossil skeleton of a baby who died 3.3 million years ago, marking the first time scientists have discovered the nearly complete remains of a...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:34 PM • 10 Comments •
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