Taking Leave of Darwin Type post Date August 24, 2021 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , academia, agnostics, Darwinists, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolution, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, materialism, Neil Thomas, rationality, Taking Leave of Darwin Neil Thomas: Not at All THAT Sort of Person Science and Culture August 24, 2021 Evolution 1 He is not at all THAT sort of person, the kind one might expect to find waging a campaign against modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin Type post Date August 14, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionOrigin of Life Tagged , abiogenesis, Andrew McDiarmid, evolution, fiction, first cell, Frankenstein, Neil Thomas, skeptics, Taking Leave of Darwin Taking Leave of Darwin’s Warm Little Pond Science and Culture August 14, 2021 Evolution, Origin of Life 1 Neil Thomas explores some of the cultural influences that primed society to view the leap from non-life to life as easily made. Read More ›
Galápagos_finch Type post Date August 13, 2021 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , bioRxiv, CELS 2021, CRISPR, DNA, Emily Reeves, epigenetics, evolution, finches, gametes, genetic information, geneticists, hybridization, intelligent design, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, natural selection, Nature (journal), Neil Thomas, New Scientist, organelles, Peter and Rosemary Grant, PNAS, Taking Leave of Darwin, The Scientist, University of Copenhagen, zygote Non-Mendelian Inheritance Undermines Neo-Darwinism Science and Culture August 13, 2021 Evolution 9 Neo-Darwinians breathed a sigh of relief when in the 1930s they found a way to incorporate Mendel’s laws of heredity. Now, that relief is unraveling. Read More ›
Taking Leave of Darwin Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date August 2, 2021 CategoriesEvolution Tagged , agnostics, British Rationalist Association, Darwinism, Darwinists, Discovery Institute Press, England, evolutionary theory, German, magical thinking, Nazis, Neil Thomas, Oxford University, propaganda, Richard Dawkins, skepticism, Taking Leave of Darwin, University of Durham In a New Book, Longtime Agnostic Dumps Darwin Jonathan Witt August 2, 2021 Evolution 3 Critics of intelligent design will have a hard time maligning Neil Thomas as a “creationist in a cheap tuxedo.” Read More ›
Darwins_Arch_Galapagos-2 Type post Author John G. West Date June 16, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Africa, Brian Josephson, British Rationalist Association, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Evolution News, Galápagos Islands, Neil Thomas, social media, Taking Leave of Darwin, Tree of Life You’ll Never Guess What Just Collapsed John G. West June 16, 2021 Evolution, Intelligent Design 4 Neil Thomas, a professor and member of the British Rationalist Association, was a committed Darwinist and agnostic. Read More ›