When the smart people abandon Darwinism, who’s left and what does that mean for what happens next?
Month: September 2019
The ambiguities of the revolutionary option
When Socialist Hungary Went Neoliberal
The events of 1989 are usually remembered as an unprecedented extension of the “free market” to formerly socialist countries. But as the history of 1970s Hungary shows, neoliberal restructuring had never been limited to the West — and spread East long before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
IDers resurrect First Cause argument, claim that it’s convincing and that Dawkins and I are too stupid to understand it « Why Evolution Is True
LOL! Michael Egnor, as we saw yesterday, is a Christian neurosurgeon, while David Klinghoffer is an Orthodox Jew. Both are goddy Intelligent Design (ID) advocates who write for Evolution News, a si…
Michael Egnor gets mail from Jerry Coyne
Coyne: If our capacity for reason gives us the “capacity to know immaterial reality and act on our knowledge”, then how come every religion has a different conception of immaterial reality?
Source: Michael Egnor gets mail from Jerry Coyne | Uncommon Descent
We’ve been drawing evolution wrong since the 1800s. So what does it actually look like?
Scratch that traditional straight line depiction from Charles Darwin’s times.
The potent effects of Japan’s stem-cell policies | Richard Dawkins Foundation
How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife
If researchers can figure out how pigeons and rats evolve to thrive in hostile city habitats, it could help other beasts—including us—adapt to climate change.
Source: How Cities Reshape the Evolutionary Path of Urban Wildlife | WIRED
The Right Livelihood Foundation celebrated four “practical visionaries whose leadership has empowered millions of people to defend their inalienable rights and to strive for a livable future for all
James Tour: 1 hr lecture on OoL
on the mystery of the origin of life:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU7Lww-sBPgFrom the blurb: Dr. Tour is one of the world’s top synthetic organic chemists. He has authored 680 scientific publications and holds more than 120 patents (here is a partial list). In 2014, Thomson Reuter
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