http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-07-01T09:36:47-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/07/01/what_the_hell_is_wrong_with_healthspace_cleveland.php HealthSpace Cleveland, formerly the Health Museum of Cleveland, has a long and proud history of educating the public about health (History of the Health Museum of Cleveland).The first of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, The Health Museum of Cleveland... 6259@http://importance.corante.com/ Evolution 2005-07-01T09:36:47-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/23/evolutionary_reasoning.php Brother Carl Zimmer on The Loom responds to a critic of evolution who claims it is circular logic (Evidence and Exasperation). Very nice. Most of the comments are worth reading as well.... 6188@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-23T17:57:29-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/13/intelligent_design_its_not_just_for_biology_anymore.php First they came after biology and I did not speak out because I was not a biologist Then they came after geology and I did not speak out because I was not a geologist Then they came after astronomy and... 6027@http://importance.corante.com/ Evolution 2005-06-13T08:51:15-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/08/virtual_evolution_in_second_life.php New World Notes, the blog of an embedded reporter in the virtual world Second Life, reports on an intriguing experiment in artificial intelligence and virtual evolution of a school of fish (Evolving Nemo). Some of the stuff that is going... 5974@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-08T22:36:06-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/27/gelernter_advocates_teaching_the_bible_as_literature_good_idea_too_bad_thats_not_what_he_really_intends.php In the LA Times (reg. req.), computer science professor and conservative commentator David Gelernter argues that the Bible should be taught in public schools (Why the Bible Belongs in America's Public Schools). He makes the standard arguments that it is... 5780@http://importance.corante.com/ Freedom of Expression 2005-05-27T07:27:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/16/intelligent_design_theorist_removes_link_to_critic_me.php Four days ago, I posted about Intelligent Design theorist William Dembski's blog post calling for bringing evolutionists before a government panel so the truth could be squeezed out of them (Borrowing a Page From Lysenko, Intelligent Design Theorist Demands Gov't.... 5653@http://importance.corante.com/ Evolution 2005-05-16T16:47:31-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/13/evolutionary_chilling_effects.php CommonDreams.org that, once again, schools shy away from education for fear of antagonizing anti-evolutionists (Kids' Book on Evolution Stirs Censorship Debate in Monticello). The author of Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story was scheduled to talk about writing to a... 5614@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-05-13T13:11:38-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/12/borrowing_a_page_from_lysenko_intelligent_design_theorist_demands_govt_hearings.php Yesterday, I wrote a bit about the ongoing evolution/intelligent design/creationism debate ongoing in Kansas (Lysenko's Intelligent Design). Today, there is more evidence of the Lysenkoist tendancies among the intelligent design cognoscenti. From the intelligent design theorist William Dembski's blog, Uncommon... 5587@http://importance.corante.com/ Evolution 2005-05-12T13:17:14-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/05/11/lysenkos_intelligent_design.php Over on Slate, William Saletan has been following the evolution/intelligent design/creationist debate quite closely and rather perceptively. However, I have to find some fault with his latest article, What Matters in Kansas: The Evolution of Creationism. Saletan makes the point... 5580@http://importance.corante.com/ News 2005-05-11T17:04:00-08:00