Tag: Peter Corning
Revenge of the Turtle Lady
You’ve probably heard the story about the old lady who tells a Famous Professor that the world is actually sitting on the back of giant turtle.
Is Vitalism Making a Comeback?
For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted.
Another Call for a “New Synthesis”
I recently wrote a post critical of biologist Peter Corning’s “synergism hypothesis.” Afterwards Dr. Corning got in touch.
Was God a Bacterium?
We should acknowledge that this theory is, unlike some similar attempts, at least an actual solution: if true, it would explain how complex life evolved.
Synergies All the Way Down
Examples of synergy cited by Peter Corning include multicellularity; sexual reproduction; emperor penguins huddling together for warmth.