Science & Nature > Evolution

The International Congresses of Dipterology have been consistently held every four years since the First one in 1986 held in Budapest. This Tenth congress has broken that mold, being postponed for a year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Although this extra year has seen a great improvement in this regard worldwide, certain factors have led to this being the smallest (I say coziest) one yet. Our delegation consists of 200 dipterists, 48 of which are students, from 35 countries from all continents except Antarctica (unfortunately no one came who could collect Belgica antarctica in their backyard). This volume consists of 222 abstracts. The 190 oral presentations are arranged into 20 sy ...

The premise of this book is that any theory or belief that cannot rationally account for the "origin" of the heavens, the earth, and the power of life has no authority to describe how "first" things came into existence. And, without "the first" of any kind, there is no logic to any claim that the "first" of anything underwent change. I credit [Natural] Science to be useful and needed, both as a course of study and a methodology, usable by all who are sufficiently intelligent and trained. So why is there such great variance among the three foremost positions on origins and development: The Theory of Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design? I will show that while there is much to learn ...