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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.
December 30, 2006
Category: Mathematics
Next week I'll be travelling to New Orleans to participate in the big Joint Mathematics Meetings. The “Joint” refers to the fact that it is cosponsored by the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America (no Life of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 12:57 AM • 9 Comments •
December 29, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
Update: December 30, 2006: Somehow it slipped past me that P.Z. Myers had already shredded the Hitchens piece. Sorry about that. By all means have a look at his eloquent demolition as well. Here's Peter Hitchens weighing in on the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:59 PM • 37 Comments •
Category: Philosophy
Raymond Smullyan is name that is probably familiar to a lot of readers of this blog. In addition to being a mathematician and philosopher, he is known for being a master of using brainteasers and other puzzles to illuminate sometimes...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:25 PM • 22 Comments •
Category: Politics
One of my projects for the winter break has been to read some of the Iraq War books that keep showing up in the local Barnes and Noble. First up: Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq by Thomas Ricks,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:49 PM • 25 Comments •
December 28, 2006
Category: Mathematics
The response to Tuesday's post, currently at 97 comments, has been very interesting. Since some of the commenters appear to be growing restless, I will put off until tomorrow my epic Iraq war post (based on my having recently waded...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:04 PM • 60 Comments •
Category: Miscellaneous
And speaking of internal Seed business, take a moment to go say hi to the newest member of the great SB combine: Developing Intelligence. As Bruce Willis once said, “Welcome to the party, pal!”...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:04 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Miscellaneous
Reminiscent of Mrs. McCave, who had twenty-three sons and named them all Dave, it seems that The Seed Mothership is having trouble making distinctions among her progeny. This is EvolutionBlog, folks. evolgen offers a different flavor of delectable bloggy goodness....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:51 PM • 2 Comments •
December 27, 2006
Category: Miscellaneous
The New Republic's Jonathan Chait doesn't like Delaware: Last night I drove home from northern New Jersey to Washington and it went smoothly enough except that, as customarily happens on such journeys, we hit a wall of traffic halfway through....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:14 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: Religion
Have a look at at this interesting article, from The New Yorker, about the boom in Bible publishing: The familiar observation that the Bible is the best-selling book of all time obscures a more startling fact: the Bible is the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 19 Comments •
Category: Religion
Commenter Sastra, replying to my previous post on this subject, offers what I thnk is a perfect characterization of much of the response to Dawkins' book: From what I can tell, most of the sophisticated critics of Dawkins feel that...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:31 PM • 46 Comments •
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