On Creationism

One of the biggest arguments the Intelligent Design (ID) movement use revolves around information. At its simplest, they claim that a process without intelligence - such as evolution - cannot produce information, and therefore cannot lead to the rich diversity of life we see around us. I have never been that clear on how IDists actually measure this quantity, despite it being a big part of their arguments. They seem very sure evolution cannot create information, but how can they say that without a clear way to determine what it is? How can we discuss information in regards to evolution if we have no idea what it really is? Even the Discovery Institute are clear that we need a way to measure information: How does our definition of information apply to biology, and to science more generally? To render information a useful concept for science we need to do two things: first, show how to measure information; second, introduce a crucial distinction–the distinction between specified and unsp...

When civil war was brewing in the US, both sides made their arguments for and against slavery, and both sides used a book that they believed supported their position. One side used ,  On the Origin of Species  the other used the Bible. Can you guess which is which? Abolition​ The abolitionists used Darwin's book,  On the Origin of Species  to argue that slavery was wrong. Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species sent shock waves around the world when it was published in 1859.  The suggestion that all human beings, of whatever race or color, share a common ancestry, had an especially seismic impact on a country teetering on the brink of civil war , as Randall Fuller shows in The Book That Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation. ​ ... ​ A number of prominent American scientists at the time argued that God had created black people, brown skinned and white people separately, and each of them were different, had different capacities, and ...