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 29, 2008
Category: Miscellaneous
As usual, I'm late to this particular party. Over at BayBlab, a blogger calling himself “Anonymous Coward” offers up some choice words for the all-powerful, all-consuming, resistance-is-futile ScienceBlogs combine: If you examine the elephant in the room, ScienceBlogs, the trend...
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February 26, 2008
Category: Politics
From last night's Tucker: CARLSON: This was my 20th--literally, I think it was my 20th Oscar night in a row where I didn't watch any of it. WOLFF: It was really bad. I don't know if it's stagflation or bad...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:21 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 24, 2008
Category: Religion
That, minus the question mark, is the title of a new article by theologian John Haught in the current issue of The Christian Century. The subtitle is “Why the New Atheism isn't Serious.” Sadly, the article does not seem to...
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Category: Religion
The Christian Century has this interesting article about the relationship between evolution and Christianity, written by Amy Frykholm. Interesting not because it actually resolves the question in any satisfactory way, but rather because it states the problem in a more...
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February 11, 2008
Category: Anti-Creationism
Finally, The Christian Century has published this lengthy report of a visit to the Creation Museum. It was written by Jason Byassee. Most of the article is a bemused and slightly cynical account of the exhibits you find at the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:26 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution
The Guardian series also contains this article from theology professor Richard Harries, arguing -- surprise! -- that evolution and Christian faith are compatible. Let's have a look. Here's paragraph two: As the Victorian novelist Charles Kingsley put it, God does...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:04 PM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Evolution
In other news, the Guardian newspaper has posted a series of articles about various evolution related topics. First up is this characteristically lucid entry from Richard Dawkins. I especially like this:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:37 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
Meanwhile, over at Town Hall Dinesh D'Souza serves up yet another steaming pile of religious idiocy. His subject is an exchange between Rabbi Jacob Neusner and Pope Benedict. He opens with a gratuitous slap at Richard Dawkins:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:49 PM • 18 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
It will be a little while yet before I can get back to blogging regularly. But as a way of flexing my atrophying blogging muscles, let me direct your attention to another superlative column from Paul Krugman: What's particularly saddening...
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February 2, 2008
Category: Mathematics
Here's a little brainteaser to think about if the Super Bowl ends up being a bit dull. Imagine that you are standing at the baggage carousel at an airport waiting for your bag. A percentage x of the bags from...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:38 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 1, 2008
Category: Mathematics
Via Mark Chu-Carroll I just read this article, from the USA Today, about a mathematician at the University of Pennsylvania who believes that fractions have no place in the elementary and middle school mathematics curriculum: A few years ago, Dennis...
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