New York will swallow the East River before the East River swallows New York.
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We aren’t really in control so why worry about neurointerventions? | Aeon Ideas
The problem with neurointerventions is not the loss of control, since we’re not fully in control anyway
Source: We aren’t really in control so why worry about neurointerventions? | Aeon Ideas
With Kenneth Miller, Behe’s Would-Be Nemesis, History Repeats Itself | Evolution News
The Brown University biologist is still out there, reassuring the world that unguided “evolutionary mechanisms” comfortably explain the wonders of biology.
Source: With Kenneth Miller, Behe’s Would-Be Nemesis, History Repeats Itself | Evolution News
An astrophysicist makes clear why a multiverse MUST exist
You should be suspicious of any science claim that could have been thought up as a sheer work of the imagination. The multiverse is just such a concept: Somewhere, everything and its opposite happens or doesn’t, in an infinity of infinities. No math needed.
Source: An astrophysicist makes clear why a multiverse MUST exist | Uncommon Descent
NIH and top scientists call for moratorium on gene-edited babies | Richard Dawkins Foundation
The Neanderthals are undergoing a renaissance | Uncommon Descent
The artwork accompanying a recent essay makes them look positively human. Just where Ooga! Ooga! has got himself to now, we are not sure.
Source: The Neanderthals are undergoing a renaissance | Uncommon Descent
Proofs of parallel evolution between cognition, tool development, and social complexity
A study has used eye-tracking techniques to analyze the processes of selective attention that determine the way in which we explore and interact with our environment. Researchers studied the movements of the eyes when observing different decorative patterns represented in prehistoric ceramic objects. The results indicate that there is a parallel evolution between the cognitive processes, the development of material culture, and social complexity.
