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Photo credit: Sw3dPix, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Steve Meyer and Comic Brad Stine on Insect Mimicry, and More

Apart from being a funny guy, Stine brings a gift for some shrewd common-sense, including about evolution. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Butterfly mimicry, by Antony Trivet, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Did Darwin Banish Teleology from Nature or Not?

James G. Lennox quotes from an 1862 essay, where Darwin wrote that “the final cause of all this mimicry” among butterflies is evading predation. Read More ›
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Photo: Boquila trifoliolata, by Cristian Riquelme, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Plant That Can Mimic Other Plants

If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby? Read More ›
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Photo credit: George Poinar, Jr., CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fossil Friday: Three Dubious New Fossil Insect Orders from Cretaceous Burmese Amber

Apart from this more general critique, are there any implications from these amber insects for intelligent design theory? You bet! Read More ›
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Photo credit: Daniel Kress et al., via EurekAlert!

Appreciating Bird Mimicry and the Other Exceptional, Designed Talents

Let the reader enjoy the 350+ word vocabulary of Clover, alleged to be the best talking parrot in the world.  Read More ›
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Photo: A treehopper nymph of the family Membracidae, by Günter Bechly.

Fossil Friday: Treehopper Nymph in Dominican Amber and the Miracle of Mimicry

The miracle of mimicry, for which there are countless examples in the animal kingdom, represents powerful evidence for design in nature. Read More ›
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Photo credit: Greenvalley Pictures, via Unsplash.

No Pony in the Manure, No Consciousness in the Code

These AI champions are appealing to the Software of the Gaps, a secular cousin of the God of the Gaps. Read More ›

No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer

AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›

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