1926CampMysticforGirlsHeartOtheHillsKerrvilleT Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 9, 2025 CategoriesBioethicsEvolutionFaith & Science Tagged , bacteria, Camp Mystic, campers, counsellors, Darwinism, David Bentley Hart, evil, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, good, Gottfried Leibnitz, group selection, innocent suffering, Ivan Karamazov, kin selection, Lisbon earthquake, mourning, natural selection, PZ Myers, reciprocal altruism, summer camp, The Doors of the Sea, theodicy, Voltaire The Challenge to Darwinism from Camp Mystic Michael Egnor July 9, 2025 Bioethics, Evolution, Faith & Science 6 One of the most tragic events I can remember happened this July 4th — a flash flood killed nearly 200 people, 27 of whom were children and staff at Camp Mystic. Read More ›
carrion-crow-portrait-of-head-stockpack-adobe-stock-431630931-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 22, 2015 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __nedited, animal behavior, animal intelligence, bird vocalizations, birds, cave art, Continuing Series, crows, death, ethology, filial imprinting, horses, instinct, intelligence, magnetite, mammals, migration, mourning, nature, nest-building, ornithology, parrots, pets, pigs, presuppositions, ravens, science, social learning Furry, Feathery, and Finny Animals Speak Their Minds Denyse O’Leary December 22, 2015 Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 11 Recent findings suggest that crows fear death -- many purposefully avoid places where other crows have died. Read More ›