Michael Ruse lecture 10 Mar 2009 A talk Michael Ruse gave recently in Sydney for the celebrations of Darwin’s 200th birthday is now available as a podcast from the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) here. Or here: History
Evolution Evolution quotes 31 May 2010 Evolution itself, it must be remembered, does not necessarily mean, applied to society, the movement of man to a desirable goal. It is a neutral, scientific conception, compatible either with optimism or with pessimism. According to different estimates it may appear to be a cruel sentence or a guarantee of… Read More
History I know the engineer who set this up, I reckon 27 Jan 200918 Sep 2017 H/T Clifford Dubery Read More
History The earliest picture in Islam? 20 Sep 2009 Jeb McLeish point me at this one: The Vak-Vak (or Wak Wak) tree is often depicted in Islamic art as having fruit that are the heads of women, men or animals, but never the full body, which grows on a mythical island. Text here describes the tree as growing on… Read More