Tag: University of Chicago
The Problem of Pain: Julian Huxley, Magnus Carlsen, and the Meaning of Life
In a conversation with Lex Fridman, Magnus Carlsen betrays no sense of empathy for how his view that life is an accident might negatively impact others.
Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism
The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.”
On Origin of Life, “Stated Clearly” Has Clearly Misled Viewers
Jon Perry may be a proponent of methodological naturalism, which constrains science to consider only natural causes, regardless of the scientific evidence.
Geneticists Puzzled by Octopus’s Unique Genes: Seem to Have Appeared Out of Nowhere
“Evolution of novel genes”? Isn’t that the question at hand? Where do novel genes come from?
Dembski and the Miraculous
“Dr. Dembski’s family has learned to look for the miraculous in everyday loving encounters.”