Happy Darwin’s Birthday and Mardi Gras!

by Greg Mayer Well, as previously noted, today is Darwin’s birthday and Mardi Gras. Laissez les bons temps rouler! At the Dinosaur Discovery Museum in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the festivities began on Sunday. I am happy to report that some WEIT readers made it to the Museum for the activities; unfortunately, they had left by the […]

My paper on religious and social factors affecting American acceptance of evolution

I’ve written a paper for the “Outlook on Evolution and Society” section of the journal Evolution, ”Science, religion, and society: the problem of evolution in America.”  They’ve agreed to free public access since it’s about education, and you can download it free at the link.  Be aware of two things: 1) this is the accepted manuscript, […]

Stenger on evolution and accommodationism

It seems as if Huffington Post isn’t too keen on Victor Stenger’s pieces, either burying them or relegating them to sidebars—all the while giving big play, on the “Religion” page, to the likes of Karl Giberson and a motley assortment of rabbis, nuns, and other believers.  Could this be because Stenger’s an atheist? In his […]

What the faithful call “uncivil”

The other day I heard from a friend who’s using WEIT as a text in a summer-school evolution course.  This is at a large university somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line. I was told that my book was a hit “with about 95% of the students,” but that “5% thought I was an asshole.”  I […]

We’re doing it rong (again)

To mark the 85th anniversary of the Scopes monkey trial (it ended on July 21, 1925), the History News Network commissioned two essays on public acceptance of evolution.  One, by evolutionary biologist David Reznick (University of California, Riverside), highlights the failure of evolutionists to increase public acceptance of evolution.  I share his frustration. What do […]