February 2012

I am a big fan of amateur involvement in science. As such, I am starting a new series called “Baby Steps to Science,” published at Classical Conversations. The goal is to provide simple things that people can do to get their feet wet in scientific thought. The first article in the series, Counting, is up now. I have a few installments in this series written, and a general overview outlined, but I would also like feedback from the community – what should be included in the baby steps? I would also like to hear from our non-ID friends. This is surely an area where we can have some agreement rather than contention. What do you all think should be included Read More ›

Back in the early 90’s a movie came out with the peculiar title “My Own Private Idaho.”  The movie has nothing to do with my topic, but I’ve always been amused by the notion of a “private Idaho.”  In a comment to my previous post (Barr v. Arrington), Deuce captures perfectly the problem with Stephen Barr’s Darwinism.  Barr thinks he can have his “Own Private Darwinism” that means something completely different from the Darwinism universally accepted in the scientific community.  Sorry Dr. Barr.  As Deuce explains, language doesn’t work that way.  What follows from here is all Deuce: I’ve read Barr’s writings on the subject of evolution for a while, and my take is that 1) Nullusalus is right that Read More ›

After 10 years of trying, it seemed to me that getting scientists to understand something this simple was almost impossible, so this video, created with the expertise of my brother Kirk, was designed for “general audiences;” they do seem to understand it. But this time, I have been pleasantly surprised at how many scientists have told me they appreciate it also. More on this at my recent Evolution News and Views post.