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...William Dembski. Dembski posted a link to Weinreich’s paper on his blog and asked his readers to ponder whether or not Weinreich’s experiments provided a means to falsify evolution. Weinreich said that his experiment has implicitly tested the ability of natural selection to direct evolution, but he emphasized that “We have tested the evolutionary hypothesis and have found no reason to reject it.” Weinreich said that he would like to follow up his research with a study on how the malaria parasite acquires drug resistance. Although the Science...
...majority of college Republicans replied that the influence of religion was decreasing, seven out of eight of whom said that this was a “bad thing.” Over half of college Democrats, in direct contrast, said religious influence was increasing, two thirds of whom answered that this trend was negative...
...they say. “I’m never surprised when strippers get raped.” And, if we’re being completely honest here, neither am I. Saddened, appalled, and troubled, yes. But never surprised. This lack of shock comes as a direct result of the way we’re socialized to think of people’s behavior in completely linear fashion—if A, then B. In this logic, if she is a stripper, and consents to have her body objectified on a regular basis, then she must on some level...
Thank God the real talents of this film, like Sutherland, more-or-less direct themselves, otherwise “The Wild” would be too trivial to recommend (despite the terrific animation). William Shatner, taking a break from his deservedly thankless stint on “Boston Legal,” hilariously empowers Kazar, a diabolical carnivorous wildebeest-choreographer, in a nearly show-stopping display of dramatic versatility. But the show remains Sutherland’s in the end, as Kazar appears too infrequently to co-opt the film...
...objectives of regime-change in Tehran and restraining the current regime from going nuclear also continue to bump up against each other. President Bush rushed to calm speculation over possible military strikes by insisting that the U.S. wants a diplomatic solution, but at the same time he ruled out direct talks with Iran on the nuclear issue - despite such talks being advocated not only by Iran, but also by Washington's closest European allies...