How I teach the ways of science at the Y
There seems to be a mistake people make about the way that BYU science departments function and should be taught. There is a myth spreading through dark corners of the internet that BYU should keep...
View ArticleOn guns
In silence I’ve watched the splashes of opinion on Facebook and among blogs on gun control. Mostly because I see the issue framed in such complexity that I knew I could not put up a comment with enough...
View ArticleClark Monson on Wolves
President Monson’s son weighed in on the debate about introducing wolves back into Utah with one of the most insightful articles written on the subject. It ends with this: As Latter-day Saints, we are...
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Death, the Fall, and Darwin: A More Harmonious Reading, Part 1 of 7
This is being posted semi-concurrently at BCC (Posted there about a week earlier than here). ‘There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!’ snarled Voldemort. ‘You are quite wrong.’ said Dumbledore ....
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Death, the Fall, and Darwin: Roman Legions of Death, Part 2 of 7
So to begin. Assume that the story that science tells is tout court correct. That humans evolved from apelike ancestors and have existed as a species for roughly two-hundred thousand years and became...
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Why evolution matters to LDS Theology
There seems to be a temptation to borrow Christian fundamentalist creationist ideas and literature and twist it into a muddle that LDS theology should embrace. As if taking things from middle ages...
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How the Mother of Vampiro Rojo de Santanás Died at the Hand of the Ethicless...
I’ve been too busy of late to write any science posts, but here is a little science fiction piece of mine that was just published today. The title probably leaves you with questions, but first, for...
View ArticleShall we discuss my story Démodé before computers do it for us?
Well it’s a new year and my one New Year’s Resolution was to revive this into a living and breathing blog again. So let’s start the new year with a discussion on my first Nature paper, well actually...
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Deep Geneology
Don’t forget to check out my post at the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Blog on deep genealogy.
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Peck Book Gift Giving Guide
So once again you are wrestling with the seasonal conundrum of which of my books to give to your loved ones this Christmas. Of course, if you really loved them you would go for the ultimate gift and...
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