Tag: podcast
The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design?
Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints.
Did Consciousness Evolve?
Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design.
Science Needs a Scout Mindset; Here’s Why
One advantage of the scout mindset is that it makes adjusting the confidence we have in our opinions more of a low-stakes enterprise.
Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research
Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field.
Did Christianity Help or Hinder the Rise of Science?
Melissa Cain Travis explains why her new course gives special attention to the “warfare thesis,” a late-19th-century idea championed by materialists.