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Here It Comes: First Transgenderism, Next Transableism

Why is it not also appropriate to cut off unwanted arms or snip spinal cords if that brings emotional relief? Read More ›
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New Book, The Immortal Mind, Out Today — The Brain Can Be Split, but Not the Mind

Even when the brain is split in half, many important aspects of the mind remain unified. Thus, the mind is something that the brain isn’t. Read More ›
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Walking Cells and Other Surprises Among Protists — An Evolutionary Challenge

That many show no clear phylogenetic connection with other microbes, and may contain unique morphological structures, poses a severe challenge to Darwinism. Read More ›
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Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry

The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome. Read More ›
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Hidden Service Animals: Earthworms Are Only the Beginning

Soil biodiversity is still a black box. Some scientists are beginning to explore the global underground that services the health of plants and animals. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: The Explosive Origin of Flying Reptiles in the Mid Triassic

Personally, I am quite sympathetic to the dissenting view of my paleontologist colleague Simon Conway Morris. Read More ›
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Evolutionary Imagination and Belief Drive False Claims of a “Four-Legged Whale”

Perhaps this organism had four legs. Perhaps it had flippers. Perhaps it was closely related to whales. Perhaps it has nothing to do with whales. Read More ›
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Help a Darwinist Tell Boys from Girls

Thanks to Professor P.Z. Myers, here’s a glimpse into the ideological corruption of modern biology. Read More ›

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