Darwin’s House of Cards - Tom Bethell
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2017
AI
Biology
Charles Darwin
Darwinism
DNA
Evolution
Science
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In this provocative history of contemporary debates over evolution, veteran journalist Tom Bethell depicts Darwin’s theory as a 19th-century idea past its prime, propped up by logical fallacies, bogus claims, and empirical evidence that is all but disintegrating under an onslaught of new scientific discoveries. Bethell presents a concise yet wide-ranging tour of the flash points of modern evolutionary theory, investigating controversies over common descent, natural selection, the fossil record, biogeography, information theory, evolutionary psychology, artificial intelligence, and the growing intelligent design movement.
Bethell’s account is enriched by his own personal encounters with of some of our era’s leading scientists and thinkers, including Harvard biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin; British paleontologist Colin Patterson; and renowned philosopher of science Karl Popper.
1. Darwinism in Our Time
2. Darwin’s Mistake
3. Darwin’s Curia at the Centenary
4. Common Descent: Fact or Theory?
5. Natural Selection: A Closer Look
6. What is the Evidence for Natural Selection?
7. On Extinction
8. Is Variation Indefinite or Limited?
9. Homology and Its Possible Causes
10. The Conundrum of Convergence
11. The Fossil Record
12. Evolution and Systematics at the American Museum
13. Intelligent Design and Information Theory
14. Darwin and the Philosophy of Materialism
15. DNA: God is in the Details
16. Lenski’s Evolving Bacteria
17. The Sociobiology Wars
18. Human Exceptionalism and Its Enemies
19. The Search for Artificial Intelligence
20. Biogeography and Darwin’s Theology
21. The Rise and Fall of Progress
8h 59mins
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This post has 8 comments with rating of 5/5
September 11th, 2019
“Tom Bethell is a senior editor at American Spectator, “media fellow” at the Hoover Institution, and purveyor of just about every brand of wingnut pseudoscience you can name.
His ultimate anti-science manifesto is the Politically Incorrect Guide to Science (PIGS), a book-length exudation promoting intelligent design, AIDS denial, stem cell myths, anti-environmentalism (mostly concentrating on global warming denial, the classic DDT and Rachel Carson canards, the crank version of radiation hormesis, and claiming that endangered species aren’t really endangered), and cancer quackery. The book is exceptional in that one could easily use the thing as a whole as well as each individual chapter to play some form of crank bingo or a skeptical drinking game”
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Tom_Bethell
September 11th, 2019
I thought I might find you here, andyinmanch. Thanks though for the info and link for Tom Bethell. I can only wonder what qualifications are required to be a senior editor at American Spectator as the publication could be renamed American Cynical-Doubters.
September 11th, 2019
Is it really a debate if they’re just talking to themselves?
How come “creation” scientist always end up being phlebotomists and dental assistants?
September 12th, 2019
shakespeare@abb
“I can only wonder what qualifications are required to be a senior editor at American Spectator”
Having looked at their website, he’s not listed amongst ‘Core Editorial Staff’, nor in the rung below that ‘Notable Authors’, nor the one below that ‘Contributing Editors’. The only way to find him is in the alphabetical list of all authors, where his bio again calls him a senior editor. Although he only seems to contribute an article every few years, and doesn’t seem to edit anything.
November 8th, 2019
Food for thought: Darwin doubted his own theories. It’s too bad the school system has brained washed Darwin theories into so many minds as ‘gospel’. It’s also too bad that so many people have closed their minds to this debate. Here is one link I easily found on the net. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/charles-darwin-confessions/ I’ve also seen a documentary on Darwin’s personal notebook. Where he explains his “Darwin’s theory” on one page, but on another page he needs to find evidence to support it. It is my hope that you look over both sides of this debate and make up your own mind, and don’t go to either side blindly.
December 30th, 2019
Mommy, I suggest you listen to the TTC series “What Darwin Didn’t Know”.
Biology has advanced a lot since the 1800s.
Biology has left Darwin behind like electrical engineering has left Ben Franklin behind, but electricity and evolution remain.
If an attack on Darwin is used as a proxy to attack modern understanding of evolution, the tactic is either disingenuous or misinformed.
I look forward to listening to this book though, I try to never become complacent and fall into confirmation bias.
February 7th, 2021
I second the suggestion for the TTC series “What Darwin Didn’t Know”.
December 22nd, 2023
Thank you! :)
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