I guess this was inevitable.
More like this
Jerry Coyne has a post up on the subject of whether a highly-intelligent, self-aware species is the inevitable end result of the evolutionary process.
The discussion below about the adaptive value of religion was interesting, but it sparked in me an analogy which captures my attitude toward this phenomenon.
With all the hoopla over Darwin Day (justified in my opinion) I thought I'd point you to this article, Gregor Mendel: The father of genetics.
The first panel (DPR Jones, Lone Frank, Richard Dawkins) at the Wotld Atheist Convention has got us off to a roaring good start. Lots of interesting discussion and disagreement within the panel and the audience, good questions, not too many audience manifestos.
You got spoofed!
It's OK James.
Of course it's hard to tell since most of what is put out by the Union of Concerned Scientists is a joke anyway.
You really think I would point to a webpage that discusses jokes on April 1, and not know that it was a joke? Unlike some, I actually read the material to which I point. --jh