https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/ Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536931 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:31:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536931 I must say I am very impressed with his ability to reason things out for himself despite a life of indoctrination in the Baptist church. The fact that the feeling of being lied to drove him to spend a year and a half understanding the science as well as he could shows an incredible amount of dedication to seeking the truth (lower case t). I always feel with these sort of stories that science has missed out on a great brain.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536930 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:28:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536930 Seriously, when you attack adaptation arguments, why shouldn’t people think you’re attacking evolution? Natural selection is about adaptation to the environment–even genetic drift doesn’t escape that because it has to survive selective pressures, and drifts that are maladaptive are likely to be selected agains.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536929 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:59:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536929 This guy is to generous, refering to asser roth as an “artist”. awesome video.

]]> https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536928 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:39:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/06/04/j-smooth-schools-asher-roth/#comment-536928 I liked this video essay. Thanks.

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