Statue of a young Charles Darwin Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date July 14, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , Adam Sedgwick, Alfred Russel Wallace, Artificial Selection, barnacles, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Brian K. Hall, Charles Darwin, college students, Douglas Futuyma, Ecuador, Ernst Mayr, evolutionary theory, Fleeming Jenkin, Galápagos Islands, George Gaylord Simpson, Loren Eiseley, materialistic science, methodological naturalism, neo-Darwinian synthesis, On the Origin of Species, Richard Owen, Strickberger’s Evolution, Thomas Huxley Darwinian Mythology in Strickberger’s Evolution Robert Shedinger July 14, 2020 Biology, Evolution 8 Just because something can be counted as science does not automatically mean that it is true. Read More ›
Galápagos-Nelson-2 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date February 12, 2020 CategoriesBiologyEvolution Tagged , __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, animals, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Discovery Institute, Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, history, ID the Future, Paul Nelson, pilgrimage Pilgrimage: On a Visit to Galápagos Islands, Paul Nelson Concedes, “Darwin Was Right!” David Klinghoffer February 12, 2020 Biology, Evolution 2 Following in Darwin’s footsteps, Dr. Nelson judges the islands to be, not the letdown he half-feared, but an awesome place. Read More ›
Lake Erie Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 12, 2019 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __cedited, anti-humanism, Bolivia, Ecuador, forests, guns, human rights, Lake Erie, lakes, nature rights, New Zealand, Politics, right to life, rivers, Science (journal), Texas, United States, wildlife Nature Rights: “It Can’t Happen Here”? Wesley J. Smith June 12, 2019 Bioethics 3 Now former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower, a very influential voice on the left, has endorsed the extreme ideological agenda. Read More ›
Columbia River Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 26, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __cedited, animals, Bolivia, courts, Ecuador, glaciers, humans, law, legal standing, nature, nature rights, policymakers, rationality, rivers, United States For Rivers, a “Right to Flow”? Wesley J. Smith August 26, 2018 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 3 Most media with which I interact on this issue assume that advocating personhood for nature must be a fringe meme. Read More ›
back forty Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 27, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence) Tagged , __edited, Bolivia, Ecuador, human rights, nature, nature rights, pollution, property, resources, rivers Now It’s “Resourcism”! Wesley J. Smith September 27, 2017 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence) 3 Your back forty is seeking legal counsel. Read More ›