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Evolution

Evolution

I just came across an essay by James Shapiro on new and unsettled questions in evolution. The article is written for the educated lay reader, so right about my level of sophistication in biology. There is a lot of interesting ferment in this area at present. A good part of

Thomism and Intelligent Design

Thomist philosophy is not compatible with Intelligent Design, as some ID proponents have discovered the hard way. This may come as a surprise to some, since Thomists do tend to be religious conservatives, but Thomism really cannot abide ID, or to put it more clearly, Thomism clearly exposes the rotten,

What Would Darwin Do

Scott Adams drew a couple of hilarious cartoons over the weekend about just exactly what constitutes an alpha male for reproductive purposes. I probably find this funnier precisely because I'm a nerd. It turns out surprisingly often that you can find the proper answer to controverted questions by