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03Aug 2021 by Post

Reviewing Sapiens: An Evolutionary Deconstruction of Human Rights

animism, atheists, creator, Culture & Ethics, David Klinghoffer, Declaration of Independence, elites, equality, ethics, Evolution, freedom, Hammurabi, Homo sapiens, human rights, monotheism, morality, myths, polytheism, religion, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, social order, Thomas Jefferson, truth, Voltaire, Yuval Noah Harari

Yuval Noah Harari deconstructs the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence. Source

02Aug 2021 by Post

The Ironclad Beetle: Armored Tank of the Insect World

Apologetics

If there is an unwanted beetle or cockroach running across your kitchen floor, what is your first reaction? For many of us, it might be to step on the intruder or smash it with a shoe. While that might work for the average bug, there is one beetle that would laugh at your pitiful attempt to smash it, since its armor is so tough. The diabolical ironclad beetle is one of the world’s toughest critters, and has a shell that is so strong it can get run over by a car and scuttle off with hardly a scratch. Just how strong is this rugged beetle’s armor? Researchers have discovered that the beetle can withstand pressure from loads that are 39,000 times its own body weight. To help us understand the…

01Aug 2021 by Post

Michael Behe: What About “Bad” Designs in Biology? And Other Questions

"poor design", academic freedom, biology, Intelligent Design, Jim Madden, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Thomists

Also in the mix, the issue of academic pressure to distance oneself from ID, even before those involved understand what the theory actually is. Source

31Jul 2021 by Post

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, autopoiesis, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, Intelligent Design, Jim Madden, Kenneth Miller, language, Meaning, Michael Behe, mousetraps, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas, tie clips

Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Source

30Jul 2021 by Post

Jordan Peterson Springs the Trap of Scientism

Andrew Copson, beauty, Carl Jung, competence, Faith & Science, history of ideas, Holocaust, hydrogen, hydrogen bomb, Intelligent Design, Johannes Kepler, John Lennox, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, leprosy, Michael Shermer, myths, Oxford Union, physicists, psychology, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sam Harris, scientific method, scientific revolution, scientism, Stephen Meyer

There’s a gaping God-shaped hole in both Krauss and Peterson’s particular ways of spinning all this. Source

29Jul 2021 by Post

Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, and the God Hypothesis

Atheism, Beyond Order, Big Bang, Faith & Science, God Hypothesis, Jordan Peterson, Lawrence Krauss, Macbeth, metaphysics, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, psychology, religion, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Santa Claus, scientists, secular humanism, Stephen Meyer, supernatural, universe

Stephen Meyer opens his new book with a memorable anecdote about debating Krauss live while battling a fierce migraine. Source

28Jul 2021 by Post

Following the Science, Doctors Joined the Nazis “In Droves”

African Americans, Africans, Alfred Hoche, Allison Hopper, Ashley K. Fernandes, biocracy, bioethicists, Bruce Chapman, Charles B. Davenport, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinists, doctors, eugenics, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Francis Galton, Germans, history, Karl Binding, Karl Pearson, Medicine, Nazis, nurses, Ohio State University, physicians, Racism, Scientific American, scientific racism, social pandemic, sterilization, Tablet, white coat, white supremacy

There is a tendency to sanctify the medical profession, with the white coat serving as an icon of wisdom, compassion, and morality. Source

27Jul 2021 by Post

Examining Sources of Genetic Change

Ageing Research Reviews, antigens, DNA, Eric Bapteste, Evolution, gene reassortment, genetic change, genetic information, genetic variations, HGT, intelligent agents, Intelligent Design, mutations, polymerase, selection, sexual reproduction, Sorbonne University, UV radiation

Eric Bapteste, a researcher at Sorbonne University, just co-authored a review discussing genetic change in the context of aging. Source

26Jul 2021 by Post

Did Religion Evolve, or Was It Designed, to Foster Cooperation?

Aboriginal Australians, Agricultural Revolution, Catholics, Crusades, dead ends, designer, Faith & Science, Fiction, group cohesion, hospital, Human Origins, Jesus, myths, religion, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, selfish genes, shared beliefs, strangers, unguided evolution, Yuval Noah Harari

Harari’s assurance about building group cohesion is simplistic and woefully insufficient to account for common characteristics of religion. Source

24Jul 2021 by Post

Scientific Racism and the Confederate Flag

A New Birth of Freedom, Adam Smith, Africans, Alexander H. Stephens, alt-right, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate flag, Cornerstone Speech, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian evolution, dreamscape, eugenics, Evolution, Galileo, genocide, Harry Jaffa, Human Zoos, John West, March for Science, NASCAR, Nextdoor, Oregon, Portland, Psalms, Racism, religion, Seattle, Southerners, The Biology of the Second Reich, The Descent of Man, vacation homes, William Harvey

Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the Confederacy. In 1861 he delivered an oration justifying slavery and rebellion on scientific grounds. Source

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