Tag: physiology
Remembering E. O. Wilson and Sociobiology
“Wilson is — if his worldview is correct — just as much living a lie as those religionists that he castigates.”
#9 Story of 2021: Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Have a Poor Track Record
For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology.
The Design Connection in Biological Tracking Systems
If organisms resulted from haphazard undirected processes, their design constraints would be few and highly flexible.
Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory
The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness.
Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Don’t Have a Good Track Record
For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology.