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Homo sapiens

alien life
alien life
Image: ʻOumuamua, by ESO/M. Kornmesser. Derivative: nagualdesign [CC BY-SA 4.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

More on Avi Loeb’s Approach to Design Inferences

Loeb’s argument represents the most salient example of risky intelligent design reasoning in mainstream science. Read More ›
Gilson Lents

On Fall Foliage, Nathan Lents Comes Up Short

There is nothing in the word “gift” that entails its having been given identically to all persons at all times. That’s not hard, actually. Read More ›
baby
baby
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Why Should a Baby Live?

My title is adapted from a 2012 article by two philosophers, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva. Read More ›
The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto
The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo Tintoretto
Image: The Temptation of Adam by Jacopo, by Jacopo Tintoretto / Public domain

On the Swamidass Hypothesis — The Cheese Stands Alone

We have a lonely hypothesis standing by itself in the center of the room, which no one, including its author, will own as true. Read More ›
fire juggler
fire juggler
Photo credit: Andrea Bertozzini on Unsplash.

For Fire, Nature Obliges Us with Rapid Reflexes

One area where very fast nerve conduction is vital is vision, more specifically, in keeping the eyes fixed on some object in the field of vision while in motion. Read More ›
Henry Fairfield Obsorn
Photo: Bust of Henry Fairfield Obsorn, AMNH, by John West.

American Museum of Natural History Cancels Teddy Roosevelt; Keeps Bust of Racist Director?

Last month, the American Museum of Natural History in New York City requested removal of an iconic statue of Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. Read More ›
Wave

Much Nothing about Ado: The Uselessness of Dehumanized Darwinism

To Darwinians, people are just another species of animal. But when they invent models to try to explain how human animals evolve their behaviors, chaos ensues. Read More ›
Homo_naledi_foot

A Disappointing Decade for the Study of Human Evolution

Perhaps in ten years we’ll be having this conversation again — and perhaps at that time the Smithsonian Institution will give us all a more objective analysis of the evidence. Read More ›
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Neo-Darwinism and the Big Bang of Man’s Origin 

Proponents of the ruling theory tell us that we are all undoubtedly intelligent enough to fully grasp their theory, as long as we concur with it. Read More ›
Neanderthal-Museum

The Evolution of Neanderthal Spin

If evolutionary theory is true, there were millions of intermediate hominids between our nearest fully ape-like ancestor and ourselves. Read More ›

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