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Fruit Is Designed for Life

This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation.  Read More ›
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Fluorescent Animals: Can They Be Darwinized?

Many animals and plants exhibit fluorescence, changing color in ultraviolet light. Whether this property is adaptive has never been thoroughly investigated.  Read More ›
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Thoughts of Goodness in an Evolutionary World

What you’d expect is humans more or less on the level of animals — not greatly exceeding them in evil, or greatly transcending them in good.  Read More ›
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Good as Gould? Ask a Chimp

No distinction in kind rather than degree between ourselves and the chimps? No distinction? Seriously, folks? Read More ›
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For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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