My friend John Derbyshire chronicles his spiritual devolution over the past few years....
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It is no secret that John Derbyshire is a friend of mine. I am sure most SB readers would find such a connection abhorrent, nevertheless, any man who picks up Mark Ridley's Evolution at my recommendation is a friend :) The goddess of evolution should not just be admired and given due respect, one…
In May, 2008 creationist bigot Martin Cothran complained at the Disco. 'Tute blog about John Derbyshire reviewing a shitty movie without having watched it:
That's right: Derbyshire reviews "Expelled" without actually having seen it. This is a man who has friends he has never met, and who can review…
Over at The Corner at National Review Online John Derbyshire has been getting into a debate with his colleagues over Judith Rich Harris' work, and her two books The Nurture Assumption and No Two Alike. I find it amusing when scientific controversy comes crashing into the punditocracy, though I…
John Derbyshire, the National Review's token evolution advocate, has written a response to George Gilder's pro-ID article in that same magazine last week. Gilder is the founder of the Discovery Institute. In his response, Derbyshire uses a perfect metaphor for dealing with creationists:
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I think it's interesting that he cites age and parenthood as two factors contributing to lack of belief. I wouldn't have imagined that. (Except for the simple case of someone being raised in a religious environment, then dropping their faith when they manage to step outside the box for a while)
Except for the simple case of someone being raised in a religious environment
to be clear, john's dad was a militant atheist. his religion was absorbed from his schooling years.
I remember when Derbyshire was NR's resident entertaining reactionary crank. His gradual evolution into resident entertaining anti-social conservative crank has been interesting to watch. I wonder if he will ever drop his anti-gay stance? It's such a key part of his persona, but it sits so uncomfortably now with all his other social issue positions.
His gradual evolution into resident entertaining anti-social conservative crank has been interesting to watch. I wonder if he will ever drop his anti-gay stance?
the anti-gay stance is one of intuitive personal aversion, so prolly not. unlike other social conservatives it is less from socially conditioned conviction that pure disgust and aversion.
Razib, read this rant from your friend. Weird.
hey, john doesn't play to the audience, does he? :-) and the corner is in my RSS, so i saw it, and if you read his comments re: b. hussein obama it isn't so weird.