WarningsignGlentress-geographorguk-7603971 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 29, 2026 CategoriesCosmologyGeneticsOrigin of Life Tagged , A Universe from Nothing, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, Casey Luskin, chance, Dan Graur, design, ENCODE project, Jerry Coyne, junk DNA, junk RNA, Lawrence Krauss, Leonard Mlodinow, lizard brain, Michael Shermer, models, physicists, researchers, Richard Dawkins, Sarah Scoles, Science and Culture Today, Scientific American, Stephen Hawking, Stephen Meyer, survival, The God Delusion, The Grand Design, The Telegraph, universe, University of Houston In Science, Endless Competing Models Are a Warning Sign Denyse O’Leary September 29, 2026 Cosmology, Genetics, Origin of Life 5 Some of us are old enough to remember when the origin of life was a question that science would answer — soon. But that was hundreds of promising theories ago. Read More ›
CuriousLizard167959851 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 10, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brain, Carl Sagan, emotion, evolution, explainaway, falsified theories, Georgia Tech, human brain, limbic system, lizard brain, neuroscience, overthinking, Paul D. MacLean, physiology, pop psychology, reptilian brain, Science Daily, smarts, social anxiety, The Dragons of Eden, universe Return of the Lizard Brain? It Seems Not Denyse O’Leary September 10, 2026 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind 3 It’s easy to see why people might latch onto the idea of a reptilian brain as an explainer, or an explainaway, for complex topics. Read More ›
ThelizardofLizard Type post Author Casey Luskin Date July 7, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , ancestors, brain, Carl Sagan, complexity, crows, evolution, fish, flatscreen television, humans, Jack Reacher, limbic system, lizard brain, lizards, mammals, McGill University, neurobiologists, neuroscience, octopuses, Office for Science and Society, onions, ontogeny, pancakes, parrots, Paul D. MacLean, phylogeny, radio, reptile, reptiles, scientific hypotheses McGill University Refutes Pop-Psychology Claim that Humans Have a “Lizard Brain” Casey Luskin July 7, 2026 Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind 5 The false belief traces back to the fact that Carl Sagan was one of its strongest proponents. Read More ›
