Not Saint Darwin 11 Feb 200918 Sep 2017 Oh, I forgot, due to the lack of internets at home, to link to my essay that I mentioned before: Not Saint Darwin, in Resonance [PDF] Consider this my “death of Darwin” piece. Evolution History
Biology A not terribly good post on the species problem 18 Jul 2019 As a biological phenomenon the species problem is worthy of serious study as an end in itself, and not as a mere corollary to work in some other field. It is, to be sure, a problem so fundamentally important that it touches many such fields. Workers in any one of… Read More
Evolution An ancient cladogram 29 Apr 200918 Sep 2017 As I investigate the use of tree diagrams in the nineteenth century, I keep running across things that shouldn’t be there. One of them was this book: Herdman, William Abbott. 1885. A Phylogenetic Classification of Animals (For the Use of Students). London; Liverpool: Macmillan & Co.; Adam Holden. It’s on… Read More
Book More FAPPery 27 Apr 2010 Another review of What Darwin got wrong, by Kenan Malik, at The Literary Review. The money quote: Fodor and Piattelli-Palmarini are no creationists, but ‘outright, card-carrying, signed-up, dyed-in-the-wool, no-holds-barred atheists’. That, however, only makes worse the incoherence of their understanding of Darwinism. There is much that Darwin got wrong, from… Read More
John, I really enjoyed your essay on Darwin: the perfect points to keep in mind during the rest of Darwin’s celebration year.[/asskissing] Regarding Darwin’s true discoveries, I thought it was John Thompson’s 1830 paper in Zoological Researches that established the “crustacean nature of barnacles.”[/partypooper]
John, I really enjoyed your essay on Darwin: the perfect points to keep in mind during the rest of Darwin’s celebration year.[/asskissing] Regarding Darwin’s true discoveries, I thought it was John Thompson’s 1830 paper in Zoological Researches that established the “crustacean nature of barnacles.”[/partypooper]
Nice work – I think Darwin is celebrated because he was a careful scientist and able to back up his ideas with data.
Nice work – I think Darwin is celebrated because he was a careful scientist and able to back up his ideas with data.
Loved your essay!!! Keep up the good work now that you have returned to the civilized south. BTW, some of us have noticed your lack of internet connection. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. 🙂
Loved your essay!!! Keep up the good work now that you have returned to the civilized south. BTW, some of us have noticed your lack of internet connection. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. 🙂
Loved your essay!!! Keep up the good work now that you have returned to the civilized south. BTW, some of us have noticed your lack of internet connection. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. 🙂
I agree with Larry. Depriving you of an internet connection appears to slow you down sufficiently that normal people can keep up!
Loved the part where you talk about scientists and how they see good and bad guys in history. Great essay.
Loved the part where you talk about scientists and how they see good and bad guys in history. Great essay.