Tag: science
Your Personality Uploaded to a Robot Wouldn’t Be “You”
Transhumanism is a materialistic religion that seeks to attain the comforts provided by faith through belief in technology as savior.
“I Think We’re Alone Now”
Earth as a privileged planet and humankind as a privileged species fit together well with other lines of inference.
“Settled Science” and the Cambrian Explosion — Geologists Weigh In
Yesterday we considered explanations of the Cambrian explosion in light of one of two new papers in the Geological Society of America Bulletin.
Geologists Kick Out Props for Evolutionary Theories of the Cambrian Explosion
Leading geology association undermines common stories about when and why complex animal body plans appeared in the fossil record.
Scientists Cure Blindness with Adult Stem Cells
If this breakthrough had occurred with embryonic stem cells, the front-page stories would have screamed around the world.