Tag: natural selection
Learning Wonder from Denton’s Latest
Around 50 BC Titus Lucretius Carus wrote a long treatise against finding purpose in nature.
My Failed Computer Simulation
I said, “You mean there is a fifth force — why didn’t you say so? Just give me the equations for this force and I will add it to my model.”
The Gargoyle’s Challenge — Remembering Schützenberger on Darwinism
David Berlinski lives in the shadow of the Notre-Dame in Paris and poignantly remembers the cathedral before it burned.
Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain
An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions.
Reform It Altogether — More on the Naturalistic Parabola
I’ve fussed about this point for a long time. And Discovery Institute colleagues have occasionally chided me for my obsession.