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John M. Lynch is an Honors Faculty Fellow at Barrett the Honors College at Arizona State University. He's also affiliated with ASU's Center for Biology & Society. When he's not an historian of anti-evolutionism, he's an evolutionary morphologist. Much to his surprise, in 2007 he was named the Arizona Professor of the Year. No doubt his students were surprised as well.

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March 31, 2006

Still alive

Category: The Life Academic

I've been quiet the past week for a number of reasons. While course & talk preparation and more general bits & pieces have kept me busy, a huge part of my spare time (such as it is) has been given...

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March 26, 2006

Evolution and Cancer

Category: Evolution

Jonathan Wells wrote a paper a while back that proposed a "ID-derived" explanation for cancer. I've written about that before (here, here , here, here, and here) as have others. Thus, this is of interest: In a study published online...

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I couldn't resist

Category: Bits and Pieces

From the wonderful Benson....

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In which I am cryptic

Category: Bits and Pieces

Since GrrlScientist asked; a mere 6.25% - ten time less than her and five times less than Janet. Confused? Don't be....

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March 24, 2006

I just dont care ...

Category: Intelligent Design

The DI is crowing that their next update to the "Dissent from Darwinism" list will feature 600 PhD's. They highlight a letter sent by William Hart, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (they omit the...

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March 23, 2006

On beliefs, theories, and facts

Category: Intelligent Design

Like PZ, I too received a copy of What We Believe but Cannot Prove: Today's Leading Thinkers on Science in the Age of Certainty [amaz] a few weeks back. Also like PZ, I was taken with Ian McEwan's entry (see...

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On Wittgenstein

Category: Bits and Pieces

I recently finished a biography of Ludwig WIttgenstein and came away thinking that, while the man was probably brilliant, he was not by any means a person who was easy to know. That aside, I started to read his...

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How did water evolve?

Category: Anti-evolution

The South Carolina schools system is in a worse state than I ever expected. Carol Crooks, of Greer SC, opines: The theory of evolution does not and cannot explain so much about the universe that we know. For instance, when...

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March 22, 2006

Essentialism and Evolution

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I have to admit to having taught students that essentialism - the belief that species have an essence and thus could not evolve - was prevalent prior to Darwin. This was something I got from reading the writings of Ernst...

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March 20, 2006

Vibrant young democracy at work

Category: Politics

George says: "The Afghan people are building a vibrant young democracy that is an ally in the war on terror - and America is proud to have such a determined partner in the cause of freedom." Meanwhile, back in Kabul:...

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Cuddly, blind, furry lobsters

Category: Weirdness

Remember Kiwa hirsuta, the hairy lobster? Now you too can have your own....

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Scratch me ...

Category: Biology

Researchers have found evidence for referential gestures in wild chimps. Humans commonly use referential gestures that direct the attention of recipients to particular aspects of the environment. Because the recipient of a referential gesture must infer the signaler's meaning,...

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March 19, 2006

Upcoming public talk

Category: The Life Academic

Any readers in Arizona may be interested in the following upcoming public lecture that I will be giving on Tuesday, March 28: Twenty Years A-Growing: Creationism Since Edwards v. Aguillard Sponsored by ASU's Secular Freethought Society In 1986 the Supreme...

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Twelve books that changed the world

Category: Bits and Pieces

The British critic and novelist, Melvyn Bragg, has chosen twelve works that changed the world for an upcoming book and TV program. Nice to see a good representation of scientific works: Principia Mathematica (1687) by Isaac Newton On the Origin...

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FRT - Back from Maine Edition

Category: Friday Random Ten

I'm back from Maine after having a wonderful trip to Colby College. It was cold (but I got used to it) and the people were very friendly, so thanks to one and all. Normal blogging will resume once I get...

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March 13, 2006

Off to the (relatively) frozen NorthEast

Category: Bits and Pieces

As I mentioned previously, I'm getting to spend the latter half of Spring Break over in Colby College, Maine - where the temperature is currently 43 degrees. That's not too bad (it's only 52 here in the desert at the...

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