Category: Science
What Do “Living Fossils” Mean for Evolution?
In some cases, such as the horseshoe crab, the coelacanth, or the ginkgo tree, these species seem to have remained virtually the same for hundreds of millions of years.
Are Shell Spirals "Merely" Works of Physics?
Ammonite shells are famous for conforming to the Golden Ratio of the Fibonacci sequence.
Dennett’s Algorithm: An Exercise in Circularity
Dennett makes a comparable error when he identifies an algorithm that will bring you untold riches on the stock market.
Revolutionary Biology
We are in the midst of a revolution in the way we conceive of living things.
The Evolution Revolution: Physicist Lee Spetner Shows Why Convergence Challenges Neo-Darwinian Evolution
A new book provides some wonderful arguments that challenge common descent and neo-Darwinian explanations of evolution.