Darwiniana

Whose Lives Matter? Darwinism as Soil for Scientific Racism

Here is one more reason among many to take a hard, honest look at the growing scientific evidence against Darwinian theory.

Source: Whose Lives Matter? Darwinism as Soil for Scientific Racism | Evolution News

‘Quietly Putting Hundreds of Species at Risk,’ Trump Opens 5,000 Square Miles of Atlantic Ocean to Commercial Fishing

“Ancient and slow-growing deep sea corals, endangered large whales and sea turtles, and an incredible array of fish, seabirds, sharks, dolphins and other wildlife—these are the species and habitats

Source: ‘Quietly Putting Hundreds of Species at Risk,’ Trump Opens 5,000 Square Miles of Atlantic Ocean to Commercial Fishing | Common Dreams News

Two New Species from New Mexico Help Fill Gap in Evolution of Horned Dinosaurs

Two new transitional species of plant-eating horned dinosaurs have been unearthed in New Mexico, the United States.

Source: Two New Species from New Mexico Help Fill Gap in Evolution of Horned Dinosaurs | Paleontology | Sci-News.com

Not Even Wrong

The public understanding of fundamental physics research and the credibility of the subject have suffered a huge amount of damage over the past few decades, due to the overwhelming amount of misleading, self-serving BS about parallel universes and failed speculative ideas put out by physicists, university PR departments and the journalists who mistakenly take them seriously. I hope this latest is the beginning of a new trend of people in all these categories starting to fight hype, not spread it.

Source: Not Even Wrong

The “magnitude of catastrophe” facing America

The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 108,000 people in the United States, with the total number of cases now approaching 2 million. Donald Trump and his administration have responded with malevolent indifference. These deaths are but another entry in a social Darwinist ledger where the “useless eaters” are being left to die for “capitalism” — and in service to Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.

Source: Novelist and screenwriter Aleksandar Hemon on the “magnitude of catastrophe” facing America | Salon.com

Evolution: why it seems to have a direction and what to expect next

Evolution seems to lead to increasing complexity of species. But perhaps a dominant, intelligent species like humans will always end up destroying itself.