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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.
May 18, 2009
Category: Mathematics
One of the nice things about summer vacation is the chance to visit beautiful and scenic locales. Like Bowling Green, Kentucky. That is the home of Western Kentucky University, which in turn is hosting the 22nd Annual Cumberland Conference on...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:43 PM • 16 Comments •
May 15, 2009
Category: Mathematics
Jeffrey Shallit was kind enough to mention my book over at his blog. He writes: A pleasant surprise arrived in the mail today: Jason Rosenhouse's new book, The Monty Hall Problem. I read a first draft of the book and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:38 PM • 14 Comments •
May 14, 2009
Category: Mathematics
Update, 10:27 pm: It turns out the book is available for sale right now! So go buy one right this very second! Don't know what that June 4 date was all about... And it's a good one! The official release...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:01 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: Politics
You remember the story, don't you? On The Daily Show, Jon Stewart did a segment showing how thoroughly inept CNBC had been in the build up to the big recession. The segment was very funny and painfully true, which led...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:15 PM • 15 Comments •
May 13, 2009
Category: Evolution
Jerry Coyne has a post up on the subject of whether a highly-intelligent, self-aware species is the inevitable end result of the evolutionary process. He begins:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:55 PM • 45 Comments •
Category: Religion
Writing in Slate, Marc Oppenheimer has a thoughtful piece about bringing his young daughter to synagogue: I don't kid myself that Rebekah has some unusual, precocious spirituality. She loves ritual, as all children love ritual. Nothing, except milk and maybe...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:12 PM • 10 Comments •
May 12, 2009
Category: Religion
Matt Taibbi opens a can of whoop-ass on the hapless tag team of Stanley Fish and Terry Eagleton. I discussed the same essay in this post. Taibbi writes:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:16 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Religion
The evolution blogosphere has lately been abuzz over the question of compatibility between science and religion. Jerry Coyne got the ball rolling with this post, criticizing the accommodationist views of the National Center for Science Education. He writes: Here I...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:45 PM • 55 Comments •
Category: Evolution
Jerry Coyne offers some further thoughts on the Richard Lewontin essay I discussed in yesterday's post. Specifically, he addresses the question of why natural selection deserver pride of place among evolutionary mechanisms. He writes:...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:01 PM • 7 Comments •
May 11, 2009
Category: Evolution
The current issue of The New York Review of Books features this essay, by Richard Lewontin. Officially it's a review of three recent books about Darwin and evolution. But since this is the NYRB we are discussing, the essay doesn't...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:56 PM • 14 Comments •
