Read all about it at Evolving Thoughts, blog of eccentric Australian philosophy mogul John Wilkins!
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If you missed any of these you’ll definitely want to go check them out!
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Ken Ham, president/CEO of Answers in Genesis (USA), which is headquartered in Kentucky has attacked an exhibit at the Kentucky Horse Park on horse evolution in a recent post to his blog “Around the World with Ken Ham” and it is yet another glittering example of creationist scholarship.
Reading it immediately brought to mind the words supposedly* whispered by Thomas Huxley as he rose to respond to Samuel Wilberforce in their exchange at the 1860 Oxford evolution debate:
“The Lord hath delivered him into mine hands”.
The reason this came to mind was that it is clear from his comments that he has not bothered to educate himself on the subject and is just mindlessly repeating tired, long refuted creationist clichés on the subject of horse evolution. In other words, he’s lobbing softballs at defenders of science like me.
Alright, without further ado let’s saddle up and ride forth into the mind of Ham:
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I was looking through some “old” pictures I had taken and ran across this excellent example of crypsis:
Can you see me?
Photo taken in Joshua Tree National Park (California), six years ago tomorrow (3-12-2006).
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And it’s just lousy with bugs! This month the Carnival of Evolution hive is infesting Splendour Awaits, weblog of photographer and amateur insect enthusiast Adrian Thysse.
Creep or crawl your way over there and check out all the invertebrate wonderfulnessness!
Note: The Carnival is trying something a bit new this go around by presenting the article summaries and links in Google Docs – Presentation (a slide show format). If you have any difficulties seeing the slide window, please try another browser (Google Chrome worked best for me).
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A few months back Frank Sherwin, “Senior Science Lecturer” at the Institute for Creation Research, launched an amusing attack on evolution that is nigh on word-salad; this time focusing on insects, and how they are supposedly problematic for evolutionary theory.
As usual it is stated with the confidence and the faux authority that is typical of “creation science” practitioners but when you actually look at it and try to make sense of what is being said it quickly becomes apparent that much of it is really unintelligible nonsense.
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…the Emancipator and the Evolutionizer, together again!!!
Happy Darwin/Lincoln Day everyone!!!
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Ladies and Gentlemen… Mesdames et Messieurs… Damen und Herren… The Carnival of Evolution XLIV! This month the carnival is inhabiting The Atavism (great name) and is cleverly set up as a scientific symposium. See for yourself.
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Not my cup of tea* musically but fun just the same:
Hat tip to Michael Barton at The Dispersal of Darwin.
*technically no cup of tea is my cup of tea, as I loathe tea.
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Oh no, not again…
Yep, it’s time for the Carnival of Evolution (#42)!!! This month it is being held at The Ocelloid and in case you can’t tell there is a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy theme. So grab your towel, pour yourself a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster and head on over for the latest batch of evolutionary goodness.
It’s either that or Vogon poetry…
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Life! Don’t talk to me about life.
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"Debating creationists on the topic of evolution is rather like trying to play chess with a pigeon; it knocks the pieces over, craps on the board, and flies back to its flock to claim victory."
- Scott D. Weitzenhoffer
