What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

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It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Source
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Fossil Friday: A Popular Just-So Story on the Origin of Bird Flight Bites the Dust

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There is a long-running about whether birds first took off by running and flapping from the ground up, or whether they jumped as gliders from the tree down. Source
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