The strongest argument for Darwinism today is that it is believed by all the right people.
Intelligent Design
A good idea: Teach philosophy of science in high school
Philosophy of science is to science what civics is to politics. It helps people make sense of what we are doing and why.
At Mind Matters News: Prof: Fine-tuning in nature is due to the mind of the universe
Panpsychists (or cosmopsychists) are permitted to make arguments that would be banned if made by, say, intelligent design advocates. Some change is afoot.
New discovery: Insect larvae can jump
Something is smarter than us and it isn’t the insects.
Airplane wing design: Design in nature was there first with owl wings
They solve all kinds of problems we are still working on.
People with too little to do worry about “privilege” in the animal world
Stiles: The experts began searching for examples in the animal kingdom of human concepts such as privilege, inequality, and intergenerational wealth.
At Evolution News: Abstract: Lönnig on Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery” (of flowers)
Lönnig: “the figure below shows that Darwin’s “abominable mystery” has become even more “abominable” and “mysterious” during the last 50 (not to speak of the last 150) years. “
At Mind Matters News: Did the octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye?
It’s an interesting fact that intelligence in animals is not nearly as firmly fixed in a hierarchy of evolution as we used to believe. Octopuses are extreme outliers and we are only just beginning to get to know them.
Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is getting mugged by reality
All: Unplug the TV. Those people can no longer afford to be friends of truth in any meaningful sense. That includes anything to do with evolution controversies.
Remember how endless cycles of universe were supposed to show that the universe has no real beginning?
While we are here, wouldn’t an infinite universe include the possibility that it doesn’t exist? Playing with infinity is playing a dangerous game.
Cosmic social distancing: Our region of the universe floats in a void
The researchers think that star formation happens mainly at the perimeter (conveniently, one might add).
Good question: Why do atheists reason so poorly?
They’re not just The Party of Reason, really. They’re the Party of Science-and-Reason. The hyphens signify the way atheists treat them as joined at the hip.
If there is a secret math in sand megaripples…
Is this not evidence of fundamental design in nature?
Are Mutations Really Random?
That is the question they are asking over at Science Friday. Now, scientists are questioning whether that’s actually true—or if mutation is more likely to occur in some parts of the genome than others. New research published in the journal Nature this week looks at just that question, in a common weed called Arabidopsis thaliana. After following 24 generations of plants Read More…
A Case of Bad Timing
WARNING! The video linked here is extremely disturbing. Four days ago Alexis Avila, a woman in New Mexico, had a baby. She put the baby in a garbage bag and threw him in a dumpster. She is being charged with attempted murder. The good news is that a passerby found the baby (umbilical cord still Read More…