Tag: Mike Keas
Wallace Broke with Darwin Over Human Exceptionalism
Alfred Russel Wallace reasoned his way to affirmation of an “Overruling Intelligence” — intelligent design by another name — at work in the long history of life.
New Book Offers History as an Antidote to the Paralyzing “Science-Denier” Label
Whether the subject is evolution or climate change, the purpose of accusing someone of “science-denial” is to keep that person in line.
Alfred Russel Wallace — New Biography Is a Defeater for Arguments for Theistic Evolution
Wallace broke with Darwin and became, arguably, the founding father of modern intelligent design theory.
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
DNA as Clue: How Intelligence Detects and Creates Information
What does it mean that there’s information in DNA, and how does this distinguish it from most other physical objects?