Category: Evolution
The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life
In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others.
In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help
This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath.
No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why
We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines.
Douglas Axe: We Have an Eye For Detecting Design
“Either you’re with us and on board on these issues or you are anti-science. That is a very unhelpful position for scientists to be taking.”
Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness
Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival?