evolution — VOICES for REASON

The Texas school board is voting this week on proposed changes to the science curriculum which would require students to learn of the “insufficiency of common ancestry” to explain life (See Text of Proposed Revisions to 19 TAC, Chapter 112, Subchapter C, §112.34.c.7B). The vote is the latest development in the ongoing efforts of “intelligent design” advocates to undermine science in public schools. And it appears to be a very a credible threat. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a story from the UT Daily Texan about Keith’s talk at UT Austin. It includes a good summary of the event along with quotes from the talk itself.

The headline is a little vague and possibly misleading; Keith’s not an “environmentalism speaker” as the title suggests (in fact, he is a vocal critic of the ideology behind environmentalism). His lecture tour on Darwin continues in Athens, GA, tonight and concludes tomorrow night in Charlotte, NC.

I’ll be speaking on Darwin and evolution at four college campuses next week. I’m looking forward to meeting the students and hearing their comments and questions about this important scientist and the discoveries he made.

We’ve timed the speaking tour to culminate on Darwin’s 200th birthday:

• On February 9, I’ll be at the University of Texas, Austin.
• On February 10, I’ll be at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
• On February 11, I’ll be at the University of Georgia, Athens.
• On February 12, I’ll be at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

If you’re local, come check it out!

Here is the talk description:

The theory of evolution is often disparaged by its opponents as being “just a theory”–i.e., a speculative hypothesis with little basis in hard, scientific facts. But this claim carries with it the implied accusation that Charles Darwin was “just a theorist”–i.e., that he was merely an armchair scientist and that his life’s work was nothing more than an exercise in arbitrary speculation. A look at Darwin’s pioneering discoveries, however, reveals the grave injustice of this accusation. Darwin was not “just a theorist” and evolution is not “just a theory.” In this talk, celebrating the Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s masterpiece On the Origin of Species, Dr. Lockitch explores Darwin’s life and work, focusing on the steps by which he came to discover and prove the theory of evolution by natural selection.

More information on the ARC website. (Registered users can watch a video of the talk. I also have an article based on the talk in The Objective Standard.)