Tag: human beings
The First “Simple” Self-Replicator?
Let’s imagine trying to design something as “simple” as a self-replicating cardboard box.
Infinity War, Human Exceptionalism, and the Ultimate Resource
For Labor Day weekend, we celebrate the human creative capacity, and analyze a blockbuster movie.
Equivocation as a Tactic in the Evolution Debate
How many Americans accept Darwin’s belief that human beings are the result of an unguided, purposeless process? This survey doesn’t come close to telling us.
Students Sue School District for $12 Million Over “Monkey See” Photos
“There can’t be any question about what they meant. Remember, this is a zoology class. Evolution is taught.”
In Sapiens, Admissions and Overstatements about Human Evolutionary Origins
Harari’s conjecture — “There are no gods” — forms the very basis for everything he says in the rest of the book.