Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

Evolution teaching

Questioning Science

ScienceInsider reported that a Tennessee anti-evolution bill has become law, although without the signature of the state's governor Bill Haslam. According to the Tennessean, the bill encourages students to question accepted scientific theories — listing as examples evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and cloning — and it protects teachers from punishment if they teach creationism." S. Pelech wonders whether the Bill might in fact not be a bad thing. As long as the Bill truly provides for healthy debate, maybe it is a good idea that scientific thought is open to challenge, since this is a primary difference between the development of scientific knowledge and religious beliefs. Read More...