Dawkins expelled Type post Author Neil Thomas Date April 9, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Antony Flew, Bernard de Fontenelle, Charles Darwin, complexification, David Stove, evolution, gemmules, heredity, John Gray, meme, Percival Lowell, phlogiston, Richard Dawkins, Richard Spilsbury, The Selfish Gene, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series) The Dawkinsian Mythology Neil Thomas April 9, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design 3 Philosopher Mary Midgely pointed out the fatuousness of the “meme” hypothesis in painfully direct terms. Read More ›
Percival Lowell Type post Author Neil Thomas Date April 8, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionPhysical Sciences Tagged , airy nothings, Alfred Russel Wallace, aliens, Bernard de Fontenelle, extraterrestrials, Italian, Man’s Place in the Universe, Mars, Moon, organic life, Percival Lowell, The World of Life, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series) The Man on the Moon and Martian Canals Neil Thomas April 8, 2022 Evolution, Physical Sciences 5 French writer Bernard de Fontenelle expressed the belief that there really was a man on the moon — and a whole civilisation to boot, if you please. Read More ›
