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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.
October 31, 2009
Category: Evolution
I had intended to leave this subject behind, at least for a while, but Josh Rosenau has a lengthy post up that I think merits a reply. See also this post and the ensuing comments. On several occasions at this...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:52 AM • 105 Comments •
October 29, 2009
Category: Evolution
What with all the general business and the ample supply of recent blog fodder, I seem to have gotten away from my Blogging Dawkins project. That state of affairs ends now. In Chapter Two Dawkins laid out the case that...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:44 PM • 11 Comments •
October 23, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
OMG! A new Tony Jaa movie: Back in 2003, a little Thai movie called Ong Bak introduced the world to an elephant-herder-turned-martial-artist named Tony Jaa. Directed by Prachya Pinkaew, the movie became a global sensation and rocketed Pinkaew and Jaa...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:51 PM • 11 Comments •
October 21, 2009
Category: Politics
I'm sure we all remember the book Unscientific America, by Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. I found the book to be very disappointing, for reasons I explained in my epic, three-part review (Part One, Part Two, Part Three.) In short,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:40 PM • 163 Comments •
October 20, 2009
Category: Religion
So says NPR: Last month, atheists marked Blasphemy Day at gatherings around the world, and celebrated the freedom to denigrate and insult religion. Some offered to trade pornography for Bibles. Others de-baptized people with hair dryers. And in Washington, D.C.,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:08 PM • 45 Comments •
October 19, 2009
Category: Mathematics
The trip to California went well. Suspiciously well, in fact, to the point where, even though I am now back home, I am still waiting for something to go wrong. I first became suspicious during the two-hour drive over to...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:54 PM • 10 Comments •
October 15, 2009
Category: Mathematics
For my San Bernardino readers, I will be flying out to California tomorrow to deliever one of the keynote talks at the big MAA meeting. The talk will be at CSU San Bernardino at 9:00 am on Saturday morning. Nine...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:02 PM • 7 Comments •
Category: Politics
So wonders Razib Khan over at Secular Right:: In any case, I'm on the record as saying that predictions for 2012 are very premature. But, it looks like 3 of the front-runners for the G.O.P. nomination are rather frank Creationists...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:56 PM • 18 Comments •
Category: Religion
You are probably familiar with the Bloggingheads website. The site, founded by Robert Wright, features conversations between various bloggers, journalists and scholars on whatever issues it amuses them to talk about. The site has long featured scientists among its participants....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:42 PM • 37 Comments •
October 12, 2009
Category: Politics
I only have time for quick blogging today, so how about a brief observation. Here is Paul Krugman's latest column. It is a characteristically lucid and informative column about some bad economic ideas that are circulating around Washington these days....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 2:06 PM • 14 Comments •
