Evolutionary Jeopardy

A Field Report from Peterson Academy’s “Evolution Inference”

Ever wonder if the Discovery Institute authors and other Darwin critics are knocking down a “straw man,” or a weak, tired, obsolete version of neo-Darwinian theory (NDT)? Or if some cutting-edge version of NDT overcomes the ID challenge? To find out, I enrolled in Peterson Academy’s 2024 online course, “Evolution Inference.”

What a fascinating eight-hour presentation! Taught by nationally known evolutionary biologists Drs. Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein, the course promised to “explore the fundamentals of the biology of evolution, providing tools to interpret the natural world through the lens of evolutionary inference.” I enjoyed learning about animals and plants from all over the...