Tag: University of Oxford
C. S. Lewis and Contemporary Transhumanism
The vision of technologically enhanced posthumanity arises out of a synthesis of scientific culture’s most robust mythologies.
Many “Miracles”: Navigation Arose Independently Across Diverse Animal Species
From sea turtles to the family dog, animals travel unerringly over long distances using geophysical cues. And it all evolved, independently, by chance! Believe that?
Can Science Answer All the “Big” Questions?
Peter Atkins is right that science can answer the biggest question we can ask. His problem is that he doesn’t like the answer science provides.
Alles Klar? Jerry Coyne on an “Argument from Incredulity”
It is astonishing that anyone would think the result a scientific argument, or, even, an argument at all.
More Excuses for Cambrian Non-Evolution
A new statistical study of impacts on the moon concludes that the appearance of an increase was an artifact of biased sampling.