Darwin

Taking Comfort from Darwin - part 2

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 17:52

Ray can get away with a lot of nonsense in his foreword, assuming it's only read by people who support his position. However, thanks to the NCSE and other bloggers, hopefully the scientific and educational communities will sit up and take notice of the blatant distortions and misrepresentations going on.

But when he's in dialogue with a proper scientist, then there's much less room to maneuver. Especially in print, as Gish Gallops are much harder to do when there's a paper trail.

Taking Comfort from Darwin - part 1

Thu, 11/19/2009 - 11:26

Quick straw poll. You're going to bring out a new edition of "On The Origin of Species", but to differentiate it from all the other editions, and to give some background to the sociopolitical ramifications of the theories of natural selection & shared descent, it is decided to have a new foreword by a leading scholar in the field.

So - who do you pick?

Review of Creation: The US Distributors Were Right

Wed, 09/30/2009 - 15:07

After extensive research, and contact with numerous insiders on both sides of The Atlantic, I can reveal exclusively on layscience.net the real reason that the film Creation failed to secure U.S. distribution. Jeremy Thomas, the film's producer whined that:

"The film has no distributor in America. It has got a deal everywhere else in the world but in the US, and it's because of what the film is about. People have been saying this is the best film they've seen all year, yet nobody in the US has picked it up."

Bank of England's Darwin Blunder

Sun, 11/16/2008 - 22:29

In these days of recession and credit crunchiness, there are many reasons to criticize our banks, but biologist Steve Jones has pointed out another, concerning that staple of British commerce the ten pound note. Now, just for fun I'm going to post a picture of the back of this note, and you see if you can guess what's wrong with it.