Two Nigerian Authors and Darwin’s African Legacy

African Christians, Chinua Achebe, colonialism, Culture, Culture & Ethics, Darwin Comes to Africa, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, Ebed-melech, Emily Whitten, Evolution, Great Britain, history, imperialism, Jeremiah, John West, missionaries, Nigeria, Olufemi Oluniyi, paganism, Podcast, scientific racism, scripture, Things Fall Apart, World Magazine
Missing from Chinua Achebe’s account is the role played by scientific racism in driving British imperialist policy in the country. Source
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Game Over? Nick Lane Wants Another Inning

acetyl phosphate, adenine, ATP synthase, baseball diamond, biology, Evolution, genetic information, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis, hydrothermal vents, Intelligent Design, John E. Walker, Krebs cycle, Lehigh University, metabolic process, Michael Behe, Miller-Urey experiment, Nick Lane, PLOS Biology, protocell, protometabolism, purine, referee, University College London, World Magazine
Michael Behe described how he attended a conference to hear Nobel laureate John Walker, the world’s expert on ATP synthase, explain how it might have evolved.  Source
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On Thanksgiving, Support the Scientific Defense of Common Sense

1984, algorithms, Big Tech, Boston University, Casey Luskin, Darwin’s Cancel Culture, Douglas Axe, dystopia, eric hedin, Evolution News, free speech, George Orwell, News Media, paid promotion, psychologists, search engines, Stephen Meyer, Thanksgiving, U.C. Berkeley, Wikipedia, William Dembski, World Magazine
“The heresy of heresies was common sense,” Orwell writes. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Source
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