Tag: Sean Carroll
Pre-Adaptation: In Evolutionary Explanations, Too Much Serendipity
“The bombardier beetle’s ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be lying around. That’s often how evolution works.”
Sean Carroll’s Preposterous Universe
The material universe must be caused, and it cannot be the cause of its own existence.
Post-Modern Science: The Illusion of Consciousness Sees Through Itself
“It’s quite plausible” is treated as equivalent to evidence, eliding the question of how exactly we come to “consciously believe” anything.
“Poetic Naturalism” as a Religion
Paul Nelson reviews the recent book by physicist Sean Carroll, in Dr. Nelson’s characteristically charming and insightful way.
Intelligent Design and Methodological Naturalism — No Necessary Contradiction
A corespondent draws our attention to a comment from atheist and “poetic naturalist” Sean Carroll, in his recent book.