Tag: glaciers
Looking for Consciousness in All the Wrong Places
If concept cells nestled in the hippocampi were the seat of consciousness, bilateral hippocampal destruction would cause loss of consciousness. It doesn’t.
Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project
The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time.
Supreme Elegance: The Fine-Tuning of the Properties of Matter for Life on Earth
In the biochemical domain, nature is indeed, as Isaac Newton rightly claimed, “pleased with simplicity” and abhors “superfluous causes.”
Icelanders Nominated a Glacier for President to Push “Nature Rights” Movement
Here is a story on “nature rights” activism that, on first impression, leaves one bemused.
Should We Give Nature “Rights”? A Premier Science Journal Says Yes
The text is too long to present here, so I will give one example: the “right to evolve.” The authors note that “evolution” has many meanings.