Tag: Chemistry
From Jacques Monod, a Grim Message for Humanity
Biology was becoming a “real” science, melded with chemistry into the new discipline of biochemistry. At last life was reducible to molecular interactions.
Orgelian Specified Complexity
I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series.
Reply to Free Will Deniers: Show Me
If you carelessly dent a genuine free will denier’s car in a parking lot, he wouldn’t hold you responsible any more than he’d hold your car responsible.
Richard Dawkins and the Law of Unintended Consequences
The New Atheists’ failure to understand the nuanced way that “ordinary people” think was a profound strategic error.
Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate
Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency.”