Yet another Darwin diagnosis 18 Jan 2010 Diagnosing Darwin’s maladies is something of a professional sport amongst doctors. Previously he has been diagnosed as having Chagas Disease, chronic fatigue, various viruses, and now something called cyclical vomiting syndrome. Since this “diagnosis” sounds like a simple description of the symptoms, colour me unimpressed. Evolution History
History The best scientific ideas 20 Feb 2010 Over on talk.origins Roger Ebert’s review of The Creation, a film about Darwin’s private life, was mentioned, which starts out Darwin, it is generally agreed, had the most important idea in the history of science. Thinkers had been feeling their way toward it for decades, but it took Darwin to… Read More
Biology Evolution quote: Sirks and Zirkle 25 Apr 201122 Feb 2026 From The Evolution of Biology (M J Sirks and Conway Zirkle, New York, Ronald Press, 1964: 305) This is basically what I argue in my Species book. I am getting used to finding that the older and unappreciated historians did the same thing I did much later. They are generally… Read More
Whenever I see the word “syndrome” this comes to my mind http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1762 and I loose all seriousness. []’s Leo