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.
February 28, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
During my recent hiatus Phillip Johnson emerged from his hidey hole and posted some new expectorations regarding the current state of ID. I realize other bloggers have already ripped into Johnson's ill-considered comments, but why should they have all the...
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February 27, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
If there's one good thing about spending an extra night in Buffalo, without access to a computer and with a rather limited selection of channels on the television, it's that you get a lot of reading done. I managed to...
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Category: Anti-Creationism
I'd like to thank Barry Karr of The Center for Inquiry for the invitation to speak at their Darwin Day event. The event itself went off smoothly, and I was well taken care of during my travel woes. All in...
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Category: Miscellaneous
My quick little jaunt up to Buffalo ended up being not so quick. The plan was to fly up on Friday, do my thing on Saturday, then fly back on Sunday. Quick and painless! Sadly, a snowstorm in Buffalo coupled...
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February 19, 2007
Category: Miscellaneous
Just a reminder that this Saturday, February 24th, I will be speaking at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, NY. The festivities start at 3:00 with a screening of Inherit the Wind, Then, after a dinner break, I will be...
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Category: Administrative
I'm afraid I'm going to have to extend my blog vacation a bit longer. Too many deadlines this week. Sorry about that. Try to solider on without me!...
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February 16, 2007
Sorry for the lack of blogging this week. A combination of life being busy, busy, busy and the outside world being icy, icy, icy. I did, however, manage to wander down to Bridgewater, VA last night to attend an evolution/ID...
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February 12, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
From today's New York Times: There is nothing much unusual about the 197-page dissertation Marcus R. Ross submitted in December to complete his doctoral degree in geosciences here at the University of Rhode Island. His subject was the abundance and...
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February 10, 2007
Category: Mathematics
Alon Levy of Abstract Nonsense has posted the inaugural edition of the Carnival of Mathematics. If you're looking for some great math blogging, I recommend having a look....
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February 9, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
This Monday, February 12, I will be giving a talk to the JMU Freethinker's Club on the subject of evolution and creationism. The talk will be from 7:00-8:00 in room 303, Taylor Hall on the James Madison University campus. If...
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Category: Religion
Sam Harris has replied to the Andrew Sullivan essay I discussed in Wednesday's post. Let's consider some highlights:...
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Category: Evolution
American Society for Microbiology has now issued this statement in support of evolution and against intelligent design:...
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February 7, 2007
Category: Religion
The blogalogue between Sam Harris and Andrew Sullivan on the subject of the reasonableness of religious faith continues. We pick up the action with Sullivan's latest salvo. He is responding to the following question asked by Harris: “What would constitute...
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Category: Anti-Creationism
From CNN comes this useful article about a planned display of fossils at a museum in Kenya: Deep in the dusty, unlit corridors of Kenya's national museum, locked away in a plain-looking cabinet, is one of mankind's oldest relics: Turkana...
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February 6, 2007
Category: Mathematics
Having just spent three hours explaining the value of trigonometric substitutions and partial fraction expansions to not very enthusiastic calculus students, I'm not really in the mood for a lengthy post today. So how about yet another variation on the...
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February 5, 2007
Category: Religion
Theologian Alister McGrath offers these thoughts about Richard Dawkins. Let's have a look. Actually, the fun begins with essay's headline: “Do Stop Behaving as if You Are God, Professor Dawkins.” McGrath is about to devote roughly a thousand words to...
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February 1, 2007
Category: Religion
Remember Kearney, NJ? That was where history teacher David Paszkiewicz routinely lectured his students on the fine points of getting into heaven and about which trendy scientific theories were not scientific. I described the basic facts of the case in...
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