Category: Evolution
Nature‘s Editors Warn Pope Francis
An editorial picks up on the good question of what stance Francis, who has a degree in chemistry, will take in relationship to scientific questions.
In The Weekly Standard, Andrew Ferguson Offers the Best Explication Yet of Nagel’s Book and the Nagel Affair
“A materialist who lived his life according to his professed convictions…wouldn’t just be a materialist: He’d be a psychopath.”
Francis I on a “Plan Inscribed in Nature”
This papacy is starting off nicely, in a number of ways. Here’s one.
From the Annals of Microevolution
“Over 30 years, you can see these birds being selected for their ability to avoid cars.”
What Does Nagel Mean When He Says…
An email friend writes to complain that Thomas Nagel’s prose in Mind & Cosmos sometimes becomes difficult as the book goes along.