A while back ago, I was accused (admittedly not without some justification) of always focusing on the negative. But atheists,…
Category Biology
Scientists are often accused of ‘Doing because they can without think about whether they should’. That’s totally untrue. There’s a…
NASA reported this morning that Curiosity had found an area that could have supported ancient microbes and the development of…
Information is a tricky word. Mainly because it is confused a lot of the time, by the majority of the…
OK, my mind is officially blown. Science is just so freaking cool. Yesterday (Feb 28th), this paper was published in…
About a week ago, I took on the task of refuting the claims of Texas creationists. I used the so-called weaknesses of evolution from this page.
For your reference, I’ve included the complete list here. If I do anymore weaknesses of evolution, I’ll add them to this list.
Does not knowing exactly how something happened imply that it didn’t happen?
Creationists are constantly harping on the difference between “micro-evolution” and “macro-evolution”. ‘Micro’ being the small changes within a population that is readily observable in nature and the lab. ‘Macro’ being the larger changes between higher taxonomic levels. Personally, I greatly dislike this artificial distinction. There is evolution.
Viruses are amazing things. I don’t think anyone would argue that they are actually living things. But they are extraordinarily…
Humans are complex, no doubt about it. Are we more complex than a sperm whale? I would debate that (either…