A   commenter on this series asked what I thought that "a theory of biology should (realistically) aspire to predict?" The series ...

I had not intended a 4th post in the series (part 1 is  here ) about whether genetics is 'metaphysical', and what that might mean i...

Evolution is true but people with large followings should fear the cultural consequences of their adaptive tales. I'm talking specifical...

I n the two prior parts of this little series ( I and II ), we've discussed the way in which unknown, putatively causative entities we...

W hat is the role of theory vs empiricism in science?  How do these distinctions apply to genetics? Yesterday, we discussed some of the h...

I n very broad terms, modern science has had debates about two basic kinds of approaches to understanding the world.  To over-simplify, they...

Ten of my students bravely took advantage of my offer to post their recent thoughts to The Mermaid's Tale . I pasted those ten writings ...