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Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?
Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense.
Big Bang: While the West Reeled
While the West reeled from America’s stock market crash of 1929, another crisis was brewing in the field of cosmology.
Casey Luskin Versus Dan Stern Cardinale: A Wonderful Debate About “Junk DNA”
Everyone did a great job, and the conversation was science-packed from beginning to end. Not one word of invective, and indeed highly cordial.
Stephen Meyer Interview with Piers Morgan: Science, God, and the Loss of a Parent
Meyer discusses the recent loss of his mother to dementia. Talking about grief leads to a powerful point, that may be unfamiliar to many viewers.
Fossil Friday: Kinorhyncha, Yet Another Animal Body Plan from the Cambrian Explosion
The earliest kinorhynchs were more complex than modern ones. So much for the evolutionary narrative from simple to complex.