Ichneumon
Since Nov 5, 1999
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Discussion of the theory of cosmic ray bursts causing global cooling and mass extinctionsWhy the star Eta Carinae may someday fry the Earth
Rebuttal to RaceBannon's scattershot anti-evolution essay, part 1
Rebuttal to RaceBannon's scattershot anti-evolution essay, part 2
Discussion of the evolution of the Krebs metabolic cycle
Support for the assertion that biologists overwhelmingly accept evolution
Information on the biochemical evolution of the blood-clotting mechanism
Evolution of the woodpecker's tongue, and the mammalian eye
Refutation of the lie that Reagan blocked sanctions on Iraq when Saddam gassed the Kurds
Rebuttal to the assertion that the stability of some species is contrary to Darwinian predictions
A detailed list of 50+ transitional fossils marking the evolutionary path between fish and elephants
Rebuttal to some of the more wild/incorrect JFK conspiracy claims
Three papers on current abiogenesis research
Overview of a remarkable memory model which exhibits many of the known attributes of human memory
Rebuttal to misstatements about SJ Gould, and fossils answering several creationist challenges
Refutation of a creationist's claim that neither Gould nor Darwin did any actual research
Punctuated equilibrim is not a departure from Darwin's original theory
Two papers on assembly of proteins by means of non-protein means
Reviews of two "classical music as applied to goofy pop culture" albums
Response to Behe's "Irreducible Complexity", and the Contingency argument
Musings on creationist probability calculations, and references to abiogenesis papers
A reflection on "drama queens"
Critique of Michael Cremo's "evidence" for 10-million+ year old "modern" man
More JFK conspiracy nonsense addressed
Addressing misconceptions that there are still lots of "sealed" JFK records
Critique of the book of Enoch in regards to astronomical accuracy
Musings on the identity of the biblical "Behemoth" and "Leviathan"
Explanation of why shared endogenous retroviruses are extremely strong evidence for common descent
References to the eternally predicted (from 1840 onward) but slow to arrive "death of evolution"
Why lists of "people who doubt evolution" don't matter
Discussion with a thoughtful creationist
Specific comparison of a gene as found in humans, chimps, gorillas, and orangutans
A modest proposal to a creationist
Further discussion of the modest proposal
Exposition on the Dodo (and its evolutionary history)
Rebuttal to various creationist errors concerning the Grand Canyon
I find a big hole in ICR's "Carbon 14" paper
Critique of a new-agey "resonance theory of thought"
Description of one of the many ways that sexual reproduction can arise from asexual origins
On the origins and temperament of Rottweilers
Why the Piltdown hoax wasn't so obviously a hoax at first
How to learn to not flinch while shooting a gun
More updates on abiogenesis research
Rebuttal to Ashby Camp's attack on talk.origins (a favorite of creationists)
Yes, Virginia, there is calibration of carbon-dating
Rebuttal to creationist attacks on the "peppered moth" example
Review of "Godel, Escher, Bach"
Musing on the original of the esthetic sense
What's wrong with Setterfield's "c-decay" notion (a favorite of creationists)
Epistemology as it concerns the ICR "carbon-dating" paper
On the induced rearrangement of genetic material
The anti-federalist Framers were influential and right on many points
Overview of a paper on the evolution of army ants
Yes, a transistor really is two diodes back to back
On the Cambrian fauna and the rise of phyla
Critique of Lee Spetner's anti-evolution arguments
A ton of links to papers on genetic algorithms
Cladograms of dino-to-bird evolution
Why Danny Glover is despicable
A defense of talk.origins against ill-conceived attacks
Details of Dawkins' "methinks it is like a weasel" evolutionary program
The original fish-to-elephant post, plus dino-to-bird details