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Pierre-Teilhard-de-Chardin

Teilhard de Chardin and the Incomplete Nature of Evolutionary Theory

As Thomas Nagel would argue today, any theory of evolution that excludes the origin of mind and consciousness from consideration is at best half a theory. Read More ›
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evolution
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Should We Teach Evolution as a Sensitive Issue?

That’s what priest and professor of science education Michael Reiss argues. Read More ›
Foresight Eberlin
intelligent design
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How Life Looks and How It Works: Thoughts on Eberlin’s Foresight

He concludes that “evolutionary ‘just so’ stories” are examples of “wishful thinking starved of molecular details.” Read More ›
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A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 2

Lang and Rice cite a number of articles to show that loss-of-function mutations are just a small minority of those found in studies of organisms. Read More ›
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Jerry Coyne
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Scientists Probe Stupidity; What Would We Do Without Scientists?

In their own scientific research, psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger have offered the Dunning-Kruger effect. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Relationships In Echolocation — An Obsession that Smothers Wonder

Perhaps it is awe-inspiring to evolutionary biologists to try to work a puzzle, trying to find how everything is connected by common ancestry.  Read More ›
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Is the Human Eye Really Evidence Against Intelligent Design?

Vertebrate eyes work reasonably well, Richard Dawkins conceded, but “it is the principle of the thing that would offend any tidy-minded engineer!” Read More ›

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