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The End of the Machine Metaphor? 

Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›
Jerry Coyne
Jerry Coyne
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In the Battle for Biology, Woke Folks Come for Coyne

Woke is, at bottom, a war on reality. It is a war on math. And a war on science. That includes a war on biology, of course. Read More ›
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Sorry, Dr. Coyne: There Is No Religion-Science Conflict

I dare say that Michael Behe has had a far greater influence on the field of evolutionary biology than Jerry Coyne has. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer: Did Belief in God Make Modern Science Possible?

Dr. Meyer explains the difference between mathematical information, or Shannon information, and specified information, a more meaningful type of information. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Circling the Wagons

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn compared scientific revolutions to political revolutions. Read More ›
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Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›
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Dawkins and Other Evolutionary Biologists May Be Learning a Hard Lesson

Dawkins and others believe that Facebook’s ban hammer fell on his questions about Imane Khalif competing in the women’s division boxing at the 2024 Olympics. Read More ›
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Doubling Down: Dawkins Now on “Team Christianity”

Over the weekend at the Dissident Dialogues gathering in New York, he participated in a dialogue with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Read More ›
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The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?

Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›
Charles Darwin, caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871
Image: Charles Darwin caricatured in Vanity Fair. Date: 1871

In Darwin’s Bluff, Robert Shedinger Rightly Forgoes the Hagiographic Tradition 

The present reader, in company with a host of agnostic biologists and cosmologists, simply finds in Darwin a complete dearth of convincing scientific evidence. Read More ›

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