18Jun 2021 by Post

The Most Memorable Lecture I Ever Heard at the University of Chicago — Finally Published

biology, Bob Richards, creationists, Evolution, Frank Lewis Marsh, Genetics and the Origin of Species, history of science, Macroevolution, Mark B. Adams, Microevolution, neo-Darwinian theory, Richard Delisle, Russia, Theodosius Dobzhansky, United States, University of Chicago, University of Lethbridge, University of Nebraska, University of Pennsylvania, William C. Wimsatt, Yuri Filipchenko
The announced title was something like “Big Evolution and Little Evolution: The History of the Difference.” Source
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17Feb 2020 by Post

On Evolution, Can’t We All Just Get Along?

Charles Darwin, Darwininan theory, Divine Foot, Evolution, Faith & Science, free will, Genetics and the Origin of Species, Intelligent Design, Keith Stewart Thomson, Macroevolution, Microevolution, mind, Neal C. Gillespie, Richard C. Lewontin, spirit, Ted Peters, Theodosius Dobzhansky, William A. Dembski, Zombie Science
On February 10, 2020, Lutheran theologian Ted Peters published an online article titled “Fighting over Evolution. Why?“ He concluded that “a culture war is raging, to be sure. But, this is not a war between science and faith.” I agree completely — if by “science” we mean empirical science. Empirical science searches for the truth by proposing hypotheses and comparing them with the evidence. If a hypothesis is consistent with the evidence we tentatively take it to be true. If it is inconsistent with the evidence we revise it or reject it as false. In reality, things can get a bit more complicated. But this is science at its best. A Different Meaning Yet “science” has taken on a different meaning in the modern world. For many people, “science” is…
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