04Aug 2023 by Post

Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

blindness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Euler's Identity, Evolution, evolutionary epistemology, Ezequiel Morsella, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Leonhard Euler, materialists, mathematics, mind, Nancy Pearcey, Neuroscience & Mind, rationality, Richard Dawkins, San Francisco State University, self-referential absurdity, self-referential fallacy, Theodosius Dobzhansky, William Provine, zombies
Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Source
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26Jul 2023 by Post

The Other Unsolved Problem of Evolution

aquatic bladderworts, BioCosmos, carnivorous traps, Charles Darwin, chemical processes, duplication errors, Evolution, Evolution News, Heinz-Albert Becker, Intelligent Design, irreducibly complex systems, Model T, Model U., Model V, origin of life, peer-reviewed literature, replication, self-replicating machines, self-replicators, Technology, trigger hairs, Wolf-Ekkehard Lӧnnig
"With all our advanced technology, we are not close to producing human-engineered self-replicating machines." Source
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27Jun 2023 by Post

 “What Is a Man?” — New Book Out Today from Nancy Pearcey

animal nature, Center for Science and Culture, Charles Darwin, Culture & Ethics, Darwinian theory, Darwinism, divine image, European customs, Evolution, evolutionary psychology, Fiction, human beings, males, masculinity, men, Nancy Pearcey, Sean McDowell, Tarzan, The Toxic War on Masculinity, women
Set aside one question of the moment — “What is a woman?” — and turn to another no less important problem that troubles our culture. Source
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12May 2023 by Post

Joseph L. Graves as the “Black Darwin”? Think Again

A Christmas Carol, A Voice in the Wilderness, academia, African Americans, anti-racism, Atheism, BioLogos, cave rats, Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, Charles Lyell, Crustacea, Culture & Ethics, Evolution, evolutionary biology, Francis Collins, history, Human Zoos, J. D. Dana, Jackie Robinson, John West, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Kool-Aid, Louis Agassiz, racial stereotypes, Racism, The Voyage of the Beagle, theistic evolution, Victorian England, Yale University
Darwin could never be considered the kind of anti-racist activist Graves makes him out to be. Source
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09Apr 2023 by Post

Engineering Principles Explain Biological Systems Better than Evolutionary Theory

antiquity, Apostle Paul, Aristotle, atomism, biology, Charles Darwin, Copernican Revolution, Engineering, Evolution, Francisco Ayala, genetics, Hippocrates, Intelligent Design, Lucretius, materialism, Modern Synthesis, natural processes, Neo-Darwinism, philosophy, Plato, population genetics, Romans, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology
Hippocrates proposed in the late 5th or early 4th century BC a model for heredity and adaptation that Charles Darwin described as nearly identical to his own. Source
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