Physicians and engineers are not scientists

Creationists are fond of mentioning people who are committed to creationism but still function as successful scientists. We saw an example in the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham. These creationist "scientists" are often physicians or engineers.It seems obvious to most of us that engineers and physicians are not scientists. PZ Myers mentions this...

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A mind like that is a disgrace to the human species

Here's a five year old video where Richard Dawkins points to molecular phylogenies as powerful evidence of evolution. He wonders how any creationist could deny the evidence of evolution and suggest that "a mind like that is a disgrace to the human species." He must have been thinking about Cornelius Hunter because Hunter has resurrected the video in order to show why Dawkins is wrong [Richard Dawkins: How Could Anyone "Possibly Doubt the Fact of Evolution"]. Watch the video and then read what Cornelius Hunter says. You'll recognize some elements...

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On the absurdity of an atheist using the argument from evil

Gary Gutting interviews atheist Louise Antony in the New York Times [Arguments Against God]. Here's part of the interview ...L.A.: Knowledge in the real world does not entail either certainty or infallibility. When I claim to know that there is no God, I mean that the question is settled to my satisfaction. I don’t have any doubts. I don’t say that...

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Why the creationists love the 1980 Chicago meeting on macroevolution

A meeting on macroevolution was held at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in October 1980. Normally these meetings would not attract much attention from the press but in this case there was an article published in Discover a month before the meeting took place that suggested something revolutionary was in the wind. Stephen Jay Gould discusses...

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Anthony Vaccarello F/W 2014 Show

Time: February 25, 2014 at 6:00 pmLocation: ParisModels: Sam Rollinson, Svetlana Zakharova, Anna Selezneva, Sasha L...

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Eliza Cummings - Tush Magazine - January 2014

Photography: Txema YesteStylist: Bernat BuscatoHair: DaniloMakeup: Tyron Machhau...

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My molecular evolution midterm test

My students wrote the midterm test today. Here are the questions. They had to answer the first question and 4 other questions (out of 5). How would you do?What’s the most important new thing about molecular evolution that you have learned in this course so far? Explain your answer by describing your "important new thing."If mutation rates are relatively constant then why does the molecular clock tick at different rates in different proteins?Many evolutionary biologists think that population genetics is the key concept in understanding evolution...

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