Month: May 2012
More Problems with TalkOrigins’ Response on the Cambrian Explosion
A few weeks ago, Jonathan M. had an excellent article on ENV about the failure of the TalkOrigins Archive to defend Darwinian explanations of the Cambrian explosion.
If Humans Write Genetic Code, Is It Intelligent Design?
Scientists are starting to use DNA to write computer code. They fancy themselves as designers of a system. What does this imply about the natural genetic code?
Hate Food? Organic Foods Can Make You Mean, Scientists Say
The only element missing in the present story is that there is an evolutionary cause for linking mean people and organic foods.
Hitchens Answers a Good Question: What’s the “Best Argument You Come Up Against from the Other Side?”
A candid response from an honest man, though note he doesn’t have any suggestion as to how the problem he identifies might be solved.
Confessions of an Atheist Darwin-Doubter
One day while browsing in the library stacks, I stumbled across an essay collection entitled Self-Organizing Systems: The Emergence of Order. I had the experience of scales falling from my eyes.