26Jun 2025 by Post

Critics Change the Topic: Do Human-Human Genetic Differences Matter? 

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One of the common yet unexpected reactions from critics to the discovery that humans and chimps are 15 percent genetically different is to change the topic. Source
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20Jun 2025 by Post

Do Large Genetic Differences Between Humans and Chimps Represent “Technical Failures”? 

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The insinuation is that something went wrong in the lab during the attempted alignment process. Source
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18Jun 2025 by Post

Reading Behe in Prison

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With Darwin’s disciples preaching at him adamantly in the culture, Jeff felt no accountability to a seemingly hands-off God, if one existed at all. Source
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16Jun 2025 by Post

Earth’s Phosphorus Supply Chains Revealed

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Without phosphorus, life as we know it could not exist. How does this limiting resource get to the oceans and land?  Source
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13Jun 2025 by Post

As a Platonist, Sternberg Is NOT Out on a Limb by Himself — At All

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What I’ve learned since my book came out is that Dr. Sternberg, far from being isolated in his views, is only saying the quiet part out loud. Source
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06Jun 2025 by Post

Physicist Brian Miller: The Non-Algorithmic Nature of Life

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Immaterial? As in not material? It’s a daring proposition, to be sure, and one that has the power to change everything we understand about life. Source
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31May 2025 by Post

Teleology: Anticipation and Necessity

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Imagine a primordial grizzly bear on the northern edge of the forest adjacent to the Arctic. His soma senses the differences of the new environment. Source
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27May 2025 by Post

Letter to the Smithsonian: Correct Your Signage on Human-Chimp Genetic Similarity!

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Unfortunately, the 1 percent myth is promulgated as fact at, among other places, the nation's own Smithsonian Institution. Source
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