Woo medicine kills 27 Jan 2010 A nice roundup from New Zealand; note the case of the baby with meningitis. The case is a coroner’s case. Science
Accommodationism Can Religion Accommodate Science? 12 Feb 201420 Feb 2014 Recent posts and stuff online has led me to suspect it would be worthwhile my writing a book on this topic, as short posts often lead to misunderstandings and trolls. I’ve started sketching out the contents, and putting in various posts from here to use as a skeleton, but I… Read More
Biology Names and nomenclature in classification 17 Jul 2010 One of the main focuses in the literature, especially in biology, regarding classification is the problem of nomenclature, of names. Many treat classification as being all about names, an error that is akin to mistaking not the map for the territory, but the names on the map for the territory…. Read More
Biology Darwin Day: Enough already 18 Feb 2011 I love studying about Darwin and his life and times. I have read enormous amounts, and taught Darwinian history. I’m teaching it again this semester. But enough already. Can we talk about modern biology now? I get a strong impression ( and that’s all this is, as I can’t find… Read More
It is perhaps , particularily significant that the wonderful intertubes preserved the appropriate hyphenation In the ultimate word of this sentence! “Unhealthy eye colours — green, white, yellow, orange or hazel — can be changed, they say, through dietary modifications. This has yet to be demon-strated.” I await the Demon-stration!!