Tag: Views
Common Descent: An Obituary
Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such.
Carnivorous Plants, and Why 0 Really Is Not Equal to 1
There is a little mathematics game that people sometimes play. You start with x=0, do some long, complicated algebraic manipulations, and end up with x=1.
There’s No Grand Unity Called “Science”
In truth, there are only individual fields of study, some of which deserve being called sciences, while others arguably do not.
When Atheists Meet Creationism, You Get Creatheism
It is not a word that rolls easily off the tongue. But I am at a loss for one that better describes the atheists Daniel Jackson describes.
The Placenta Problem: How Common Descent Fails
Philosopher Vincent Torley (and Professor Josh Swamidass) have been trying to persuade me that common descent is the only rational view to affirm.