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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 26, 2007
Category: Administrative
Janet Stemwedel is not the only one around here applying for tenure. I am likewise in the process of making the best argument I can for having my school keep me around for a while. Sadly, this is a time...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:57 PM • 9 Comments •
September 24, 2007
Category: Politics
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University earlier today. Judging from this clip, it looks like he made a fool of himself. According to the New York Times, it seems something vaguely evolution related came up: He then gave...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:13 PM • 59 Comments •
September 22, 2007
Category: Religion
According to The New York Times, Russia is having some church / state issues: One of the most discordant debates in Russian society is playing out in public schools like those in this city not far from Moscow, where the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:36 PM • 17 Comments •
Category: Politics
Tim Lambert over at Deltoid links to this article, by Aaron Swartz, about the relentless right-wing smear campaign against Rachel Carson. Carson was the author of the 1962 book Silent Spring, where she argued, among other things, that pervasive use...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 12:29 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Received your latest letter today, and while it was just shy of coherence, I think I can see where your bewilderment lies. From your enclosed diagram, it has become apparent to me that for the past six weeks we...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:01 AM • 7 Comments •
September 21, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
We now continue our discussion of Ian Hacking's wide-ranging essay on evolution and ID. We left off with Hacking having just completed several paragraphs on the uses of tree metaphors in human history. So far my main criticisms have been...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:36 PM • 25 Comments •
September 20, 2007
Category: Anti-Creationism
Here at ScienceBlogs we often debate the best way of promoting science literacy generally, and an understanding of evolution in particular. Is a calm recital of the evidence a good approach, or does that merely come off as an uninspiring...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:44 PM • 15 Comments •
Category: Miscellaneous
We have a new Science Blogger! She is ScienceWoman: What I do write about are my experiences as an early career scientist who also happens to be a woman. I share my life as the mother of a spunky seven-month...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:22 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Politics
I've just started reading Jonathan Chait's new book The Big Con: The True Story of How Washington Got Hoodwinked and Hijacked by Crackpot Economics. One of the more remarkable developments in the last twenty-five years of American politics is the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:25 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
ERV has a must-read series of posts up (Part One, Part Two, Part Three) about William Dembski's latest bit of performance art, this time delivered at the University of Oklahoma. Sounds like things went well for the good guys. Lot's...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:40 AM • 5 Comments •
