My life at Penn State (aka why I care about creationists)
A couple friends reminded me I should better explain my motivations for writing on this topic. Why does a random Jamaican-Indian-American* former space plasma p...
A couple friends reminded me I should better explain my motivations for writing on this topic. Why does a random Jamaican-Indian-American* former space plasma p...
Ross Douthat believes tradition-based rules can be socially useful even they are arbitrary and inconsistent: One point I didn’t get to, though, is the extent to...
Reflecting on evolution as the “foundation” of biology reminded me of my teaching days in grad school. I’ve had to teach Maxwell’s Equa...
“Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution” – Theodosius Dobzhansky Dobzhansky’s sentiment, or something like it, ...
A good friend wants me to define some basic terminology: When you have time I would be interested to understand the distinction you see (if there is one) betwee...
I understand why scientists push hard for more evidence and rationality in public debate. There are many sloppy, dishonest, ill-conceived arguments out there. W...
Commenter Geremy worries about the long-term implications of allowing intelligent design in science class: I think my problem with [reading] the paragraph is th...
The importance of separating facts from ideology was perhaps the most important lesson from my fellowship in DC. It stems from the basic belief that there is an...
I quite often feel that my greatest task as a father is to raise children who love what is good, true, and beautiful, and who are therefore aliens in this popul...