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Life — A Normal Life, Mind You — Without a Brain

It’s hard to discuss these issues honestly because anomalies like the story of this French man tend to get buried or explained away. Read More ›
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Near-Death Experiences Are Being Taken More Seriously Now

We are seeing a growth in genuine curiosity, which is a welcome change, and likely to be a fruitful one. Read More ›
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What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›
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Life Itself: In Michael Levin’s Platonism, Teleology Advances

This is a huge step by a leading contemporary academic scientist away from pure physicalism. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. 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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Theory in Crisis? Dissatisfaction and the Proliferation of New Articulations

A growing number of biologists now acknowledge that there are serious problems with modern evolutionary theory. Read More ›
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Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science

Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.” Read More ›
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Is Darwinism a Theory in Crisis?

What does it mean to say that a theory is “in crisis”? It’s not enough to point out that a theory is inconsistent with evidence. Read More ›
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The New Post-Junk-DNA Paradigm of Molecular Biology: RNA Genes

RNA genes have many functions but a large proportion entail gene regulation-related functions that fall within the category of epigenetics. Read More ›

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