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Peter Medawar

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “The Catholic Darwin”

No doubt, Teilhard ­ had — and has — Catholic admirers. The most positive Catholic assessment I have encountered comes from the pen of Msgr. Bruno de Solages. Read More ›
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On the 70th Anniversary of His Death, Anything to Salute in the Thought of Teilhard de Chardin?

The significance of Teilhard's pointing out the incomplete nature of the evolutionary theory of his day should not be underestimated. Read More ›
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Conservation of Information: The History of an Idea

Conservation of information” is a term that appears in both the physics and the computer science literature. Read More ›
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Conservation of Information — The Idea

Readers can determine for themselves who’s blowing smoke and who’s got the beef. Read More ›
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Photo: Charles Darwin, in a scene from The War on Humans (screenshot).

The Uses of Illness in Darwin’s Correspondence

Darwinian biographer Janet Browne notes how Darwin’s illness may have become a convenient excuse for avoiding certain activities. Read More ›
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Teilhard de Chardin and the Incomplete Nature of Evolutionary Theory

As Thomas Nagel would argue today, any theory of evolution that excludes the origin of mind and consciousness from consideration is at best half a theory. Read More ›
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Wistar: Been There, Done That

Would it, in fact, be enlightening if you were to sit a Darwinist and a Darwin skeptic together for an extended period of time to talk and see what really lies at the bottom of their disagreement? Read More ›

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