Tag: University of Pennsylvania
“Scientific Dissent from Darwinism” List: The Tip of an Iceberg
The signers of the Dissent list have all risked their careers or reputations in signing. Such is the power of groupthink.
A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!
Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues.
Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New
Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought.
Free Speech or “Better Speech”?
What Denyse O’Leary calls “well-intentioned nonsense” will protect no one that needs protecting.
More Secret Codes in “Junk DNA”
Scientists find the most interesting things when they suspect function in poorly understood parts of the genome.
