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Shermer defends Dawkins Badly
Posted by John Lynch on June 29, 2007 In January, Michael Shermer reviewed Dawkins’ The God Delusion (TGD) for Science (see here). This weeks edition features a letter by Martinez Hewlett (Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona) which argues two points: firstly, that Dawkins’ book is not a work of science, and secondly, that it is a poor piece of philosophy (a…
Lemur
Posted by John Lynch on June 28, 2007 One of a set of red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) triplets born at Palm Beach Zoo last month. The species is critically endangered with approximately 1000 remaining on Madagascar. Kind of screams for a LOLlemur caption, now doesn’t it?
Behe takes two on the chin
Posted by John Lynch on June 27, 2007 The negative reviews of Behe’s Edge of Evolution continue. Kenneth Miller has a review in this week’s Nature and Richard Dawkins will have one in next New York Times Sunday Book Review (available here for NYTimes Select customers). From the former: Behe, incredibly, thinks he has determined the odds of a mutation "of the same…
Moment of Elephant Zen
Posted by John Lynch on June 25, 2007 via knuttz.net