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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.
January 31, 2007
Category: Evolution
It's been a while since I've replied to anything over at Uncommon Descent. But this entry from Salvador Cordova really caught my eye. It is based on this paper, by mathematician Gregory Chaitin, The paper's title: “The Halting Probability Omega:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 10:11 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Politics
Keith Olbermann routinely declares Bill O'Reilly to be The Worst Person in the World, but I thought yesterday's edition was especially amusing: And our winner? Oh, it's a two-for, Bill-O offering you this splendid deal, buy a copy of his...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 9:19 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Religion
From the blog of Oxford University Press comes this essay from philosopher Phillip Kitcher. The subject: evolution and religion. Let's look at some highlights: The answer, very often, is that particular pieces of scientific knowledge are viewed as threatening. Acknowledging...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:11 PM • 16 Comments •
January 30, 2007
Category: Chess
Speaking of chess, we really ought to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that the first major grandmaster chess tournament of the year has now ended. I refer of course to the annual event at Wijk aan Zee, in...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:39 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Chess
Over at Pure Pedantry, Jake Young reports on a major study into the reasons for the dearth of women among competitive chessplayers. His conclusion: I am going to make an analogy to make this data make more sense. Why does...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:07 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Politics
Via ThinkProgress comes this irritating story about a recent Congressional hearing on the political manipulation of climate change science. Tennessee Democratic representative Jim Cooper told the following story, about a dinner party he attended:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:17 PM • 10 Comments •
January 29, 2007
Category: Evolution
The stereotype about acedmics living in ivory towers does have a germ of truth to it. For the latest example, have a look at biologist J. Scott Turner's take on the ID situation. He was writing in The Chronicle of...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:09 PM • 22 Comments •
January 25, 2007
Category: Evolution
The current issue of Nature features this interesting essay by Nigel Goldenfeld and Carl Woese. The essay's point is that recent discoveries about genomic interactions among microbes, particularly the phenomenon of horizontal gene transfer (HGT), is forcing us to reevaluate...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:33 PM • 13 Comments •
January 24, 2007
Category: Religion
As I mentioned, Sam Harris has already replied to Sullivan's essay. Let's consider some highlights: Contrary to your allegation, I do not “disdain” religious moderates. I do, however, disdain bad ideas and bad arguments--which, I'm afraid, you have begun to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:18 PM • 37 Comments •
Category: Religion
Following up on my previous post about the blogalogue between Andrew Sullivan and Sam Harris, here have now been a few more entries. Picking up where the previous post left off, let's look at Sullivan's reply. Since Harris has replied...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:33 PM • 5 Comments •
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