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Soviet Ape-Men

Posted in Darwinism, Superstitions on 28 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In February 1926, Russian biologist Ilia Ivanov set out for Guinea in French West Africa, where he planned to perform one of the world’s most sensational experiments. Ivanov was an expert in artificial insemination and had used his ground-breaking methods to create an assortment of hybrid animals. Now he was going to try something even [...]

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The Murder of Vavilov-2

Posted in Darwinism, Evolution, Science on 27 August 2008 | 6 Comments »

At last, we return to the story of the Soviet creationist theocracy! Other posts in this series can be found under the Darwinism tag, because they focus on Ed’s strange beliefs about Darwin, in addition to his apparent claim that Soviet communists were creationists.
In the book The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov, Peter Pringle tells the [...]

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Politics without Intention

Posted in Arche, Flying Theocracy Monster, Religion on 24 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Although both church and state are ordained of God, they are always to remain separate entities in the Church Age. God has separated the two in order to protect the world from the tyranny of religion. When church and state unite, freedom is destroyed as occurred in Spain during the Inquisition (1478-1834), England under the [...]

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The Murder of Vavilov-1

Posted in Darwinism on 12 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I received the wonderful book by Peter Pringle, The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov. Hopefully it will be more interesting than the books on Lysenko. The books on Lysenko focused on his political and personal issues, and Soviet bureaucracy is really boring. I’m hoping that Pringle’s book will provide insight into the development of the [...]

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Politics as Entertainment

Posted in Arche on 6 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

McCain & Obama Election Paper Dolls
No matter what you think about McCain or Obama, this election is the most entertaining one since 1992.

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No Time At All

Posted in Science on 6 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Soshichi Uchii analyzes Julian Barbour’s theory of time.

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Evolution Against Science

Posted in Atheism, Evolution on 5 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

[G]iven the vexed relations between politics and science in the 20th century, a Darwinist with the courage of his convictions would now declare the leading tendencies in the medical and physical sciences “counter-evolutionary” and call for a scaling back in their funding and significance before they contribute to the extinction of our species.
Clearly we have [...]

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Demotivators

Posted in Blogology, Huh? on 4 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »

[Created by Ravus Caelum]

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Lysenko’s Legacy

Posted in Darwinism, Flying Theocracy Monster, Superstitions on 4 August 2008 | 4 Comments »

As evidenced by comments on my series of posts on “Darwin and Marxism,” Trofim Lysenko remains an icon for the political manipulation of science. By that I mean that Lysenko used scientific justifications for his political programs, and currently people use Lysenko’s example to justify their political programs. If they don’t like your politics, they [...]

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