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14Apr 2022 by Post

Ecuador’s Highest Court Grants Rights to Wild Animals

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Nature rights apply to individual animals. And, one would assume, to be consistent, to individual plants, insects, water, and (what the hell) germs too. Source

19Nov 2021 by Post

Smithsonian Glosses Over the Cambrian Explosion

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The nation’s museum cannot ignore the collection of fossils Walcott sent them from the Burgess Shale. But can they explain them away? Source

03Sep 2021 by Post

Dawkins: A “Perfect Hierarchy” in the Tree of Life?

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The “hierarchy” that Dawkins is referring to in the video is the tree of life that evolutionary biologists can generate. Source

27May 2021 by Post

PETA Wrong Again: Milk Is Good for Your Heart

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I have no complaint against people who refrain from consuming animal products. Making choices based on one’s moral view is an aspect of human exceptionalism. Source

29Mar 2021 by Post

Evans et al. (2021): All Four Examples Debunked

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Evans et al. (2021) seem to have been well aware of the circular reasoning in their argument. Source

23Mar 2021 by Post

Ediacarans Are Not Animals

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Even Evans et al. (2021) themselves admitt that "phylogenetic affinities for most of the Ediacara Biota remain enigmatic." Source

18Mar 2021 by Post

A Flea Circus of Small Animal Acrobats

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Small animals amuse and amaze scientists who take a close look at them in action. Sometimes it requires a high-speed camera to analyze the trick. Source

15Jan 2021 by Post

When Darwinism Reigns, “The Pyramid Is the Point”

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The Darwinian view encourages a way of interacting with others where the aim is to “humiliate [one’s] lesser brethren, just to remind them who’s boss.” Source

05Jan 2021 by Post