Tag: Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini
For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology
In an excerpt from his new book, Professor Flannery identifies Darwin’s principal failing in developing his theory.
A New Article in Salvo Magazine Rebuts Objections that the Vertebrate Eye is Poorly Designed
Dawkins argues that even if the design works, it would “offend any tidy-minded engineer.” Yet the overall design of the eye actually optimizes visual acuity.
Natural Selection as “Piano Tuning”
“Organisms will change ever so slightly in order to stay the same and, thus, survive in their particular niche or environment.”