Tag: environment
Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: The Environment as a Source of Information
Take a simple example, one that Rosenhouse finds deeply convincing and emblematic for biological evolution.
Watch: Science Reveals the “Miracle of Man”
Biologist Michael Denton shows how science has reversed the depressive trend of the past five centuries.
Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory
The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness.
Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms
It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm.
Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”
Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth.