"How to Make Your Theory of Evolution Look Amazing in 5 Days"

Our friend the mathematician Granville Sewell noted here the other day how refreshing it would be if biology textbooks honestly granted that Darwinian theory, even if correct as a sufficient explanation of life's diversity and grandeur, nevertheless strains credibility at first glance. True, that would be a step in the right direction.

But I would add that, after all, evolution is not merely a subject of neutral, disinterested intellectual inquiry. It's a product that many advocates are out...