Francisco Ayala is dead, long live Francisco Ayala.
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This morning the Templeton Foundation announced the winner of the Templeton Prize: Francisco Ayala, a former priest and current biologist who testified against creation science in the '80s and now continues to demolish "intelligent design" â the madness that creation science became.
My reviews of Phillip Kitcher's Living With Darwin and Francisco Ayala's Evolution and Intelligent Design are now available over at Skeptic's website. Enjoy!
As I wrote yesterday, one of the emotional strategies employed in Expelled is to paint atheist pundits as the stand-ins for "big science," in the process selectively avoiding interviews with any of th
The London Times has a piece on Ayala's Templeton prize, and it annoys me early:
Dude, you had me confused there for a minute.
Looking forward to having you back in Kansas this weekend, Josh.
Safe travels!
He harked back to a time when religion meant a kind of respect for truth, and was a credit to those who still understand religion and honest methods to be compatible.
Rest in peace, and if there is a heaven, may you be found there, Francisco.
Glen Davidson
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