Awesome sight

Over at Why Evolution Is True, Jerry Coyne has posted one hell of a great image.

This fan of evolution is 4 years old. His mother or father writes in to say:
He can’t seem to get enough of all the pictures and diagrams in the book. He is particularly fond of the diagram near [...]

Only in the light of evolution 3

Once again I am following a chapter in Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True.
There is a pattern within Life that can be seen on oceanic islands. Species which are present are often endemic – only found in that one location. The species common to continents, on the other hand, are often not present on [...]

When faced with evidence

I’ve noticed that when creationists are faced with direct evidence, they fold. They give up the specific argument for generalities and rhetoric. I am thinking of a couple specific instances.
Back when I accepted an invitation to see a screening of Expelled, I presented a few specific arguments. The first one was in response to that [...]

Only in the light of evolution 2

I am again following a specific chapter in Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True.
Natural selection molds what it is given. It does not create new features (mutations, however, can create new traits, which can then be molds, ignored, or actively destroyed by natural selection). If this claim is true, then we should expect to see [...]

Only in the light of evolution

Now that finals are over, I can devote more time to my dear, neglected blog. I begin with a series:
I am following a specific chapter in Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution is True.
The fossil record: We should see fossils in a certain order if evolution is correct. They should go from simple to more complex [...]

Jerry Coyne

I’ve recently been reading Jerry Coyne’s book, Why Evolution is True. The amount of direct information this man delivers is phenomenal. In many cases, creationism-evolution arguments need to rely on a lot of rhetoric – the evolutionary rhetoric being based on reality and the creationism rhetoric being based on what some ignorant pastor or website [...]