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Does the Panda Argument Hurt the Case for Evolution?
Gould cannot have it both ways: either theology-laden arguments are legitimate within scientific discourse or not.
Synergies All the Way Down
Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.
Life with Screens: A Novelist’s Prophetic Warning
David Foster Wallace foresaw the rise of the Internet and its pantheon of seductions.
Intelligent Design Beyond Physics — How Would a Designer Interact with the Universe?
If our minds are “other” than the matter composing our brains, then there must be a means by which the immaterial mind can affect our brains.
Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research
Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field.