Being venomous, as such, is nothing much for an amphibian but these caecilians turned out to have a setup similar to that of snakes, a current first.
Gunter Bechly dismisses the Darwinian explain-away of the Cambrian fossil record
Paleontologist Gunter Bechly looks at the claim that the Cambrian animals evolved from a long train of ancestors who somehow all just disappeared without a trace and finds it, well, unconvincing:
Michael Egnor talks with podcaster Lucas Skrobot about how we can know we are not zombies
Podcast More re zombie claims. Also: Egnor , a neurosurgeon, told Skrobot: “My wife jokes with me that meeting me is always the worst part of a person’s life.”
Does the difference between “I” and “me” shed light on consciousness?
The mystery of consciousness includes our constant awareness of both of these statuses, I and me.
Jonathan McLatchie has a new website
Here: Featuring articles like “The secular vs. sacred distinction: Is it valid? I believe the distinction between the secular and the sacred to be a valid one, although they do to an extent overlap and it is a mistake to draw a sharp dichotomy between the two spheres. Unfortunately, our culture and even the church Read More…
A meditation, on Psalm 2
Psalm 2 gives interesting context to the political storms of any given day: Psalm 2: The Reign of the LORD’s Anointed 1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed, saying, Read More…
Brains are “programmed”?
It’s almost like there are laws of what will work in biology; it’s not all just random after all.
Rights. Real Things or Soothing Noises?
A friend writes on Facebook: “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” and “with liberty and justice for all” still seem like pretty good concepts to build a country around. Lets start living it. Happy 4th everyone! To which I responded that I agree wholeheartedly. But I would add that both of the quotations have Read More…
Video on Measuring Active Information in Biology
Early this year BIO-Complexity published a paper of mine titled “Measuring Active Information in Biological Systems” which showed how some ID concepts such as Active Information can be directly applied to biology. Essentially, it seems that in some situations, organisms direct their own mutations/evolution. This has not always been noticed because we don’t have a Read More…
At 1776 + 244, is the American Revolution dead or dying?
The American Revolution was a catalyst that showed that a sustainable modern, representational, Constitutional Republic of significant “we the People” democratic character was feasible. It served as a beacon of hope for the world, nowhere better captured than in key words from the American Declaration of Independence, 244 years ago today: When . . . Read More…
Could the public be starting to get enough information to see through Darwinism?
It’s not that the public has become smarter but the discussion has gone on for so long that Darwinians can’t get away with just sneering. And their hats don’t have many rabbits left either.
Environmentalist Apologizes For Climate Alarmism
After working in the field for 20 years. See here. Give him props for honesty and courage to tell the truth in today’s cancel culture.
“Evolutionary determinism,” universals, and life on Mars
At Nautilus: Although it seems like evolutionary determinism, there’s some weight to the idea that cells are constrained to a certain evolutionary path, no matter the environment they appear in.
Claim: Plants are conscious!
Expect more crazy. Salad is murder, did you know? That time of year.