24Jun 2025 by Post

On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

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Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Source
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23Jun 2025 by Post

Memo to the Smithsonian

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We are trying to bring some reasonable pressure to bear on the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and its scientifically inaccurate displays. Source
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21Jun 2025 by Post

From Materialist Biologists, a Profound Capitulation

"survival of the fittest", biology, cell's, Chance & Necessity, CRISPRs, Daniel Witt, Evolution “On Purpose”, Faith & Science, final causality, foxes, hares, integrons, Intelligent Design, internal regulatory control networks, James Shapiro, Jaques Monod, life, materialism, materialist paradigm, miracles, Modern Synthesis, molecules, mutations, neo-Darwinian evolution, organisms, organs, Peter Corning, Philosophy of Science, purpose, retroposons, science of purpose, teleology, teleonomy, telos, Thomism, transposons
I have warned that one of the few remaining avenues that naturalism can take to rescue its paradigm is to appropriate “purpose” within a materialist framework. 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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16Feb 2024 by Post

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Source
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02Feb 2024 by Post

Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

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It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Source
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