“Either you’re with us and on board on these issues or you are anti-science. That is a very unhelpful position for scientists to be taking.” Source Read More Evolution News
Category: Science
Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness
Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Source Read More Evolution News
Fossil Friday: Fossil Tunicate Confirms Cambrian Explosion
Almost on a monthly basis new fossil evidence corroborates the abruptness of the Cambrian Explosion as a genuine “Big Bang” of life. Source Read More Evolution News
Mind, Brain, Soul: What’s the Difference? Find Out at the 2023 Westminster Conference
Sam Harris has said that “You can do what you decide to do — but you cannot decide what you will decide to do.” Source Read More Evolution News
A Debate on the “Randomness” of Mutation
The historical wellspring of randomness in evolutionary theory is Darwin’s own insistence on “chance” at the causal foundations of life. Source Read More Evolution News
The Genius of the Fetal Circulatory System
Last week, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world. It is difficult to imagine a more profound testimony to design. Source Read More Evolution News
On the BBC, a New Openness to Teleology in Biology?
Dr. Richard Buggs is a plant biologist and professor of evolutionary genomics at Queen Mary, University of London. Source Read More Evolution News
Stephen Meyer: Smoke, Mirrors, and the Origin of Life
Have scientists made life in a laboratory? Two-thirds of the public think the answer is yes. Source Read More Evolution News
In Life, Checkpoints and Error Correction Defy Darwinian Explanations
Living cells employ forward-thinking and backward-thinking strategies. Both strategies require planning outside the immediate situation. Source Read More Evolution News
Craig, Moreland: Two Philosophers Discuss Aliens and Artificial Intelligence
As an old professor of mine told me in an email recently: “Long live visceral proximity!” Source Read More Evolution News