Month: November 2012
Bluff and Bravado: Sam Harris’s Free Will
Much of Harris’s argument against free will is fueled by assertions — assertions that simply assume what he is trying to prove.
Blue Pill or Red Pill? Sam Harris’s Free Will
Harris and his New Atheist friends like to cast themselves in the role of the existential hero.
The Medial Pre-Frontal Cortex Did It: Sam Harris’s Free Will
“Neurotrash” attempts to explain every human thought and action in terms of neuroscience and cognitive psychology.
The Second Law Argument and Specified Complexity
What is the advantage of the second law argument if it is almost equivalent to another argument already used to defend intelligent design?
A Serious Problem for Darwinists: Epistasis Decreases Chances of Beneficial Mutations
A recent paper in Nature finds that epistasis (interactions between genetic changes) is much more pervasive than previously assumed.