tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post115160064477890304..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Evolution, alive and well, thank you very muchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-5210111269675797032008-04-13T13:46:00.000-04:002008-04-13T13:46:00.000-04:00Thank you for this post! I am writing a research p...Thank you for this post! I am writing a research paper on just this- synthetic evolution as normal science. Very helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1152656230305845712006-07-11T18:17:00.000-04:002006-07-11T18:17:00.000-04:00I know that some aspects of evolution have already...I know that some aspects of evolution have already been beaten to death on this blog. Nevertheless,<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://scienceblogs.com/afarensis/2006/07/11/ud_and_johhnyb_and_transitiona/" REL="nofollow">I find this interesting</A>.paul01https://www.blogger.com/profile/06306440944379183875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1152451625719066202006-07-09T09:27:00.000-04:002006-07-09T09:27:00.000-04:00This may not be relevant to anything in particular...This may not be relevant to anything in particular, but yesterday I purchased Richard Dawkins' <I>The Ancestor's Tale </I>. It is the closest thing to a can't-put-it-down non-fiction work that I've ever come across. I love the fact that it's over 600 pages long. Gives me so much to look forward to.paul01https://www.blogger.com/profile/06306440944379183875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1152058219912982092006-07-04T20:10:00.000-04:002006-07-04T20:10:00.000-04:00Genetic assimilation seems to be an interesting ar...Genetic assimilation seems to be an interesting area, methinks.<BR/><BR/>Now, what I'd like to see more is, instead of defenses of evolution, attacks against ID. You know, corner them a bit and try to get them to "explain" many things about ID's mechanisms, "theoretical bases", etc. Every single discussion I come across on the subject is always about what can and cannot, why or why not, etc. be explained by evolutionary biology. What about turning the tide a bit; it might make it clearer to more people that ID is completely void of any substance. One can hope.<BR/><BR/>And after all, that's what they say: The best defense is a good offense - in spite of Italy's team in the World Cup, of course... ;-)<BR/><BR/>JAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1151714208759933302006-06-30T20:36:00.000-04:002006-06-30T20:36:00.000-04:00Ciao Massimo,Glad the conference was a success. D...Ciao Massimo,<BR/>Glad the conference was a success. Did you see the recent NY Times piece about the woman in GA who quietly fought to be able to continue teaching evolution in her life science class? Thought you might enjoy it.<BR/>NAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1151611870112186822006-06-29T16:11:00.000-04:002006-06-29T16:11:00.000-04:00Your comments on the epigenetic phenomenon as a po...Your comments on the epigenetic phenomenon as a possible explanatory factor for genetic diversity was fascinating, and would go a long way towards helping to explain how speciation could be so profligate.<BR/><BR/>You know, of course, that the complex biochemistry responsible for epigenetic phenomena adds another layer of information to be ignored, misunderstood, scoffed at, or dismissed as "scientific mysticism" by creationists. It's ironic that the more we know about how evolution works, the less acceptable it becomes to religious creationists. They long for explanations that can be boiled down to Republican-sized, emotionally comfortable and intellectually lazy sound bytes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com