And then they came for 2 + 2 = 4 …
At New Scientist: Reshaping reality via new gravity theory – Rob Sheldon comments
Billion-year-old Trichoplax has everything needed for a nervous system but no system
At New Scientist: A shortage of trace metals might have accounted for the development of complex cells
YouTube places restriction on vid on scientific racism
Refreshing realism on the origin of life
Legless amphibian turns out to have oral venom glands, like a snake
Gunter Bechly dismisses the Darwinian explain-away of the Cambrian fossil record
Michael Egnor tells podcaster Lucas Skrobot, “The denial of free will is the cornerstone of totalitarian systems.”
Here.
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?
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 has been conditioned to view these two spheres as being mutually exclusive. Furthermore, in the United States, which has a constitutionalized separation of church and state, the secular and sacred are routinely pitted against one another in the public square.
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, 3 “Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” 4 He who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord holds them in derision. 5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath, and terrify them in his fury, saying, 6 “As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill.” 7 I will tell of the Read More ›