Tag: origins of life
Joining the Conversation: Perspectives on the Discussion with James Shapiro
There is an important distinction to be made between the terms “natural” and “material.”
Intelligent Design at the Frontier of Astrobiology and Biophysics
Earlier this month, Nature looked ahead at “five experiments as hard as finding the Higgs.” Two of them have relevance to the debate between naturalistic evolution and intelligent design.
Pumice and the Origin of Life
Pumice stone has other uses including the preparation of stonewashed denim. (You may find bits of it in the pockets of your newly purchased “distressed” jeans.)
In the Beginning: Watch Stephen Meyer on Hubble, Einstein
Meyer tells the story of Einstein’s visit to the Palomar Observatory and his realization that he must abandon his famous fudge factor, the cosmological constant.
A Reason to Doubt the Real, Rather than Pretended, Confidence of Darwin Advocates
If you follow the top Darwin blogs you’ll notice how eagerly and often they go in for mocking extremely marginal and daffy creationists. PZ Myers specializes in this. So too, in his books, does Richard Dawkins.