Friday, January 24, 2014

Far Above Cayuga's Waters...

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Another week of sub-zero weather here in Utopia, NY, and still Cayuga's waters (the ones we are far above) stubbornly remain waters, no...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Myths in Biology: Mendel's Pea Flowers

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At P.Z. Myers' blog, Pharyngula , he has a post on the subject of "myths" in biology, using the number of cell types in humans...
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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Why vaccinate your children?

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QUESTION: Not immunizing does not expose someone to a disease, only actual exposure to the disease does so. If a vaccine is effective and...
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Friday, February 01, 2013

The Evolution of Cooperation – Three Theories or One (or None)?

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Ever since Darwin, evolutionary biologists have thought and written (and argued about) the evolution of cooperation. In the 20th century, ...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Fox News Polling Data Shows Support for Evolution Increasing Exponentially

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There's a new poll out on the percentage of Americans who agree with the scientific evidence in favor of the theory of evolution. The ne...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Teleological Explanations in Biology

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Biologists tend to use teleological language in explaining the origin and evolution of living organisms and their characteristics. As John R...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science

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I started attending the weekly meetings of the Ithaca Friends Meeting in September, 1969. One of the people who made an immediate and lasti...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Evolutionary Psychology: The Science of Human Nature

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Having been tickled by Google Alert that my name had been mentioned in the comments at Pharyngula (P. Z. Myer's blog), I took a quick l...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Is Science True?

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In my experience, everyone bases their "arguments on certain metaphysical suppositions, scientists and non-scientists included. As a go...
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Saturday, December 04, 2010

Many Metabolisms, Many Origins?

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An unspoken but widely held belief among both evolutionary biologists (and some "intelligent design" supporters) is the idea that ...
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

What is "Darwinism" and am I a "Darwinist"?

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I don’t use the term “Darwinism” at all, any more than I would use the term “Newtonism” when referring to classical physical mechanics, “Ein...
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Sunday, June 06, 2010

The Annotated Origin of Species

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In November of 1859, the London publishing house of John Murray brought out the first edition of what would become the most famous and impo...