The Wisdom of the Mailbox

I have been grievously mum in response to the many comments that readers have been sending to the Loom. My silence is not hostile--it is the result of way too much traveling, too much magazine writing, and the standard sleep deprivation that comes with life with two young daughters. In fact, reading comments is one of the favorite things I like about this blog. As a case in point, today Nick at talkdesign.org explored the link between the subject of two recent posts: the ongoing adaptation of bacteria to manmade pollutants and the ongoing pollution of biology education with creationist distractions: [snip] Well, I don't have a poem, but I would like to mention that the evolution of catabolic pathways is the perfect example of the evolution of "irreducible comlexity" in modern times, which as you will recall is exactly the thing that the Intelligent Design folks say can't evolve. ...