EpisodeafterBattleofZonnebeke1918Hurleyrestoration Type post Author Neil Thomas Date May 12, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionHistory of ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , Asa Gray, bacteria, Charles Darwin, Charles Kingsley, cosmogonism, Crotchet Castle, crotchets, David Stove, Europe, evolution, evolutionary psychology, False Messiah, fish, Francis Darwin, G. B. Müller, Heilsgeschichte, HMS Beagle, humans, James Moore, Jenny (orangutan), Lamarckian theory, Melanie Phillips, monkeys, nescience, Origin of Species, panspermia, Parousia, progress, Question Time, Richard Dawkins, S. A. Newman, sociobiology, The Kingdom of Speech, Thomas Love Peacock, Thomas Malthus, Tom Wolfe, Victorians Paradigm Lost: Darwinism and the Idea of Human Progress Neil Thomas May 12, 2026 Evolution, History of Science, Scientific Reasoning 17 The notion of progress is now of course increasingly questioned, especially after what has come to be known as “the calamitous 20th century.” Read More ›