“Peptideins”? Give Those Shorties Another Look

amino acids, annotation, automated sequence annotation programs, bachelors, biologists, biology, common descent, conservation, Evolution, evolutionary conservation, functional status, gymnasium, Intelligent Design, John Mattick, Nature (journal), neologisms, open reading frame, peptide, phone number, protein, shared inter-taxon similarity
Picture short, lonely bachelors in rented formal wear, leaning on the wall, nervously checking their watches at the annotation dance. Source
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

A Catholic Case for Intelligent Design, Alasdair MacIntyre, Catholicism, Collège de France, Discovery Institute Press, England, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Fr. Martin Hilbert, Fr. Raymond J. Nogar, Henri Bergson, history of science, hominization, Institut Catholique de Toulouse, Jacques Maritain, Jesuits, Msgr. Bruno de Solages, neologisms, noosphere, Omega point, paleontologists, Peter Medawar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Raïssa Maritain, Robert Shedinger, suicide, supernatural, The Phenomenon of Man, theology
No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Source
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“Eugenicons”? Call Them What They Are — Social Darwinists

alt-right, anti-Semitism, axioms, Charles Murray, Compact, conservatism, crime, Culture, Culture & Ethics, Democrats, elections, eugenic conservative, eugenicon, eugenics, Evolution, Evolution News, Holocaust, Human Zoos, John West, liberalism, Michael Lind, Milton Friedman, neologisms, Nick Fuentes, philosophy, policies, political parties, Politics, pseudoscientific racists, refrigerator, Republicans, Richard Hanania, Social Darwinists, social ills, Steve Sailer, United States
It’s sad when once-useful words turn stale and disintegrate — like losing an old friend. Source
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