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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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One of the more ironic aspects in the current upsurge in creationism is that is coincides almost exactly with the first major activity in evolutionary theory in nearly fifty years. (1982 jm) Evolution itself has been attracting a great deal of attention from a wide assortment of biologists, and current healthy controversy in which evolutionary biology is now embroiled has spilled over into the media even without the added cachet of creationist attacks. Superficially, it looks as if we know less now about how evolution works than we did, say, even ten years ago. This is because, as recently at a decade ago, there was something approaching unanimity in the evolutionary ranks. Today, though chaos is too strong a word, there is definitely dissent in the ranks. Few biologists agree as completely and complacently as they did a short time ago. Creationists have seen this and are quick to react. Their basic conclusion is that evolutionary biologists can't even agree among themselves, so who would want their dangerous and ill-supported notions taught as "fact" in public schools?
What this charge amounts to, of course, is that evolutionary biologists— geneticists, developmental biologists, systemasists, and paleontologists stand guilty… of doing science. On the contrary, research in evolutionary biology today is actually a textbook case of how it is that science is supposed to operate….
The Monkey Business, Niles Eldredge, 1982, p. 52
October 31, 2008
Category: Creationism
I knew there was a creationist connection to Halloween. Glenn Branch figured it out: When the distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher recently addressed the creationist movement in his Living With Darwin, he judiciously assessed creationism in its latest incarnation as...
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Category: Entertainment
It's Halloween, and I'm on my way to Toronto, where I'll be spending a most unhallowed evening giving a talk. The one thing I regret about this is that I won't be indulging in my favorite guilty pleasure for...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:54 AM • 214 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopods
I'm suspicious. There may be cephalopod imposters lurking about today. Xavia...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:50 AM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopods
Loligo pealei embryos Figure from Nikon Small World Gallery....
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Category: Godlessness
I really regret ever recommending Kay Hagan. That race has taken a turn from a vivid example of anti-atheist bigotry on Dole's side, to one where all sides are taking turns bashing the godless to wash off the taint of...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:06 AM • 238 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 30, 2008
Category: Godlessness
A while back, I posted this video of an enthusiastic young atheist — and would you believe that almost immediately after I put it up, censorious theistic jerks started dunning youtube to remove all of her videos and ban her?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:09 PM • 389 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
I wouldn't mind if my corpse found utility in scaring small creationist children....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:33 PM • 60 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kooks
I'm still experiencing fallout from the cracker incident, like the slow drift of dandruff from the flaking scalp of a gyrating televangelist. The latest is a letter from Mr. E.P. Bruk, who I suspect believes he is making a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:58 PM • 147 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Even when he's making an attack ad, Obama keeps it clean....
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:11 AM • 99 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Tangled Bank
The latest edition of the Tangled Bank is at Neural Gourmet....
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:37 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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