Simon Conway Morris’ creationism

Simon Conway Morris a creationist? Well, yes. That’s no news.
I really wonder why Jerry Coyne seem to just discover that Simon Conway Morris is a creationist. SCM believes at a Creator of the universe, as any christian. That classifies him in the creationists’ set, by definition. Maybe we didn’t had enough information to see in [...]

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Don’t Call it “Darwinism”

Don’t Call it “Darwinism”
Eugenie C. Scott and Glenn Branch
Evolution: Education and Outreach Volume 2, Number 1 / mars 2009 doi: 10.1007/s12052-008-0111-2

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Darwin, Dover, ‘Intelligent Design’ and textbooks

Darwin, Dover, ‘Intelligent Design’ and textbooks
Kevin PADIAN and Nicholas MATZKE
Biochem. J. (2009) 417 (29–42) doi:10.1042/bj20081534

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Does science make belief in God obsolete?

There is a conversation at JTF’s website, one of those “Big Questions” that replaced the “Science & Religion” slogan : Does science make belief in God obsolete?
Well, that smells like “Science & Religion” after all, isn’t it? For the short version, click the image. For the long one, continue the reading here.

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l’évolution “en classe”

Hier je signalais le papier “darwinian evolution on chip“. C’est vrai que ce petit jouet pourra être un instrument éducatif pour les étudiants (peut-être un jour pour les élèves).
C’est sous cet angle que ScienceDaily le présente :

Evolution has taken another step away from being dismissed as “a theory” in the classroom, thanks to a new [...]

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Denyse got it wrong

Well, that’s just one more time and it’s a long time since I discussed it over a blog, as I think sincerely that it’s to late for Denyse to change her mind and think logically. So, no use, except when the matter is to show to others that she is wrong.
So THAT’S why the Council [...]

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speechless

I am speechless. As anyone who knows me can attest, that very rarely happens.
I’m borrowing this line from Lars Juhl Jensen, to describe my current status in front of that bullshit:

We realize so far that mitochondria could be the link between the body and this preserved wisdom of the soul devoted to guaranteeing life.
Now, let’s [...]

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Creationism to be banished from schools

After the recent resolution of the European Counsil, a first step is done “Creationism to be banished from Swedish schools“
A second step must be done as soon as possible “Creationism banned from European schools”
To Dembski’s question, “How far is the U.S. from following Sweden’s lead?” the answer is obvious : It’s already done Billy-boy. Obviously, [...]

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