thoughts on science, history, and teaching
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
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 3:27 PM • 0 Comments
March 26, 2006
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 2:39 PM • 3 Comments • 2 TrackBacks
Category: Bits and Pieces
From the wonderful Benson....
Posted by John Lynch at 1:59 PM • 3 Comments
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....
Posted by John Lynch at 1:31 PM • 0 Comments
March 24, 2006
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 8:49 PM • 23 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
March 23, 2006
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:41 PM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 12:13 PM • 10 Comments
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:05 AM • 13 Comments
March 22, 2006
Category:
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 10:45 AM • 3 Comments
March 20, 2006
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:...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:24 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Weirdness
Remember Kiwa hirsuta, the hairy lobster? Now you too can have your own....
Posted by John Lynch at 6:57 PM • 0 Comments
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,...
Posted by John Lynch at 3:27 PM • 1 Comments
March 19, 2006
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 9:58 PM • 0 Comments
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 6:09 PM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 5:25 PM • 0 Comments
March 13, 2006
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...
Posted by John Lynch at 11:01 PM • 0 Comments
