Category: Science
What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?
Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice.
Alfred Russel Wallace: A Life in Science, Rediscovered
Despite the notoriety of Wallace in his own day, he remains a comparatively obscure figure in the history of biology.
Fossil Friday: Cambrian Bryozoa Come and Go
This is a field that often has more in common with the interpretation of inkblots in Rorschach tests than with hard science.
The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era
Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered?
Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID
One reason, he says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. This conversation is itself evidence on the latter point.