Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Source Read More Evolution News
Category: Science
Pushing Insect Welfare
Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Source Read More Evolution News
Darwin and Agassiz: An Imaginary Picture
Given the close relationship Louis Agassiz shared with pro-slavery factions in the South, Desmond and Moore focus much on Darwin’s relationship with Agassiz. Source Read More Evolution News
Depths of Design: Talking Boxes
Our talking boxes take our requests, run their routines, and send out results but understand nothing, whether or not they’re made in China. Source Read More Evolution News
Fact Check: Imagining Darwin’s Abolitionism
Desmond and Moore tell us that Darwin assured his sisters that his principles on slavery hadn’t changed despite spending five years living with Captain FitzRoy. Source Read More Evolution News
Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Ichthyosaurs
With increasing knowledge of the fossil record, the mainstream narrative is rendered more and more untenable and inconsistent with the empirical evidence. Source Read More Evolution News
Cosmic Fine-Tuning: A Look at the Implications
Does any of the evidence suggest a cosmic designer who is more than just the clockmaker God of the deists? Source Read More Evolution News
“Sacred Cause”? Reconsidering Charles Darwin as Abolitionist
I offer a series of posts here designed to lay out the evidence in detail. It is not merely that Desmond and Moore are selective in the sources they cite.…
Peer-Reviewed Paper Cites Stephen Meyer to Critique Darwinian Evolution
“Many life forms with essentially new body types appeared quickly and without precursors in the Burgess Shale in Kicking Horse Valley in British Columbia.” Source Read More Evolution News
More Jobs for “Junk” DNA
It turns out the mouse endogenous retrovirus L (MERVL) is essential for embryogenesis, according to a recently published article. Source Read More Evolution News