Tag: Modern Synthesis
Science Education and the Growth Mindset
Growth mindset is an idea popularized by Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck.
PLOS Genetics Asks: “What Is a Mutation?”
What if there is genuine directionality in mutation? An important paper addresses the subject.
Darwinian Lysenkoism in America
As Lysenkoism enjoys a revival in Russia, it thrives here too.
Design (But Not Design) Is the New Unifying Principle of Biology
The human eye is for seeing, whether or not it has any effect on genetics. However, this common-sense view has a problem.
Teleonomy and Evolution
Does a turtle swim ashore and lay eggs, or to lay eggs?