flies in amber Type post Author Michael Flannery Date March 5, 2021 CategoriesArtsEvolutionFaith & ScienceHuman ExceptionalismMathematics Tagged , abstract thought, C.S. Lewis, Daniel Everett, Darwin Industry, Darwinian theory, Darwinism as religion, hedgehog, Michael Ruse, music, Noam Chomsky, On Purpose, Pirahã people, Richard Dawkins, scientific reductionism, South America, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Henry Huxley Michael Ruse on Purpose: The Flies in the Ointment Michael Flannery March 5, 2021 Arts, Evolution, Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Mathematics 5 Ruse’s chronological snobbery might be forgiven if the claims he makes for Darwinism can be unequivocally substantiated. Read More ›
Michelangelo's David Type post Date September 1, 2020 CategoriesFaith & ScienceHuman ExceptionalismIntelligent DesignLinguistics Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, animals, Charles Darwin, faith, humanity, intelligent evolution, kin selection, Michelangelo’s David, natural selection, Pirahã people, speech, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Turkey Only Wallace’s “Intelligent Evolution” Can Explain the Kingdoms of Speech and Faith Science and Culture September 1, 2020 Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics 3 In 2016 the late great journalist, novelist, and social commentator Tom Wolfe exposed Darwin’s unsolved riddle, or one of them anyway. Read More ›