Tag: evolution
Where and What Is Consciousness?
If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain.
Three Stunners Challenge Traditional Darwinism
Remember when fossil hunters found Marble Canyon, a fossil bed in Canada that surpassed the Burgess Shale in extent and species richness?
Doublethink: Censor of the Year Calls for Free Speech
Jerry Coyne, who punched down, canceled Eric Hedin, and never apologized, deplores what he calls the “denial-of-free-speech movement.”
Self-Replication? Not Even Close
Cornell University researchers allegedly “created a machine that can build copies of itself.”
Human-Chimp Similarity: What Is It and What Does It Mean?
For years we’ve been told that human and chimp DNA is some 99 percent identical. Is that true?