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Abraham Lincoln’s odd connection with Darwin

At this point, Darwinism) is simply a religion, one of the strands of “the Science” now promoted by publications like Scientific American and Nature that used to retail science, as such, for popular understanding. Read More ›

Global Warming=Climate Change De-Bunked

Two days ago a press release came out about an article indicating that 5,600 years ago (BP=Before the Present Age [you see, BP avoids the word “Christian”–something that is de rigeur these days]) global temperatures in Antarctica were warmer than they are today. Think about that. How old is the Chinese dynasties? What about Egypt? They lived through these times. Did THEY cause “global warming.” Well, today, there’s another press release. This one, too, is about Antarctica and tells us that in the mid-to-late Holocene (our present age)–which is around the same 5,600 years ago as mentioned above, sea ice in Antarctica was in retreat more than it is today. Their results are based on southern elephant seal occupation sites. Read More ›

Global Warming = Climate Change De-Bunked

Two days ago a press release came out about an article indicating that 5,600 years ago (BP=Before the Present Age [you see, BP avoids the word “Christian”–something that is de rigeur these days]) global temperatures in Antarctica were warmer than they are today. Think about that. How old is the Chinese dynasties? What about Egypt? They lived through these times. Did THEY cause “global warming.” Well, today, there’s another press release. This one, too, is about Antarctica and tells us that in the mid-to-late Holocene (our present age)–which is around the same 5,600 years ago as mentioned above, sea ice in Antarctica was in retreat more than it is today. Their results are based on southern elephant seal occupation sites. Read More ›

Jerry Coyne on how Scientific American is departing from science

Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne will likely never know how much is own attitudes over the years helped build, for him and his, the climate that once spelled trouble only for — for example — researchers who see design in nature. Read More ›

Museum in Japan: Rocks with human-like faces

Of course, it’s like faces in the clouds but more durable. That is, among a hundred thousand rocks, one is bound to look like something and stay that way for a while. Is this complexity without the “specified” part — as in specified complexity? Read More ›

ChatGPT agrees with the Factory maker argument

Me: The odds to have even one very short gene with functional information are beyond what chance could produce, right ?ChatGTP:  Yes, that is correct. The probability of even a short functional gene arising by chance is extremely low. This is due to the immense complexity and specificity of the genetic code, as well as the precise arrangement of nucleotides required for proper gene function. The odds of even a small section of DNA randomly achieving the necessary sequence to encode a functional protein are astronomically low, making it highly unlikely that the genetic code and the information it contains arose purely by chance. Me: So it is more likely, that such information is due to the action of an intelligent agent, right Read More ›

At Science Daily: Bacteria and humans have similar defenses against viruses

Any life form needs a strategy for dealing with viruses. Humans, bacteria, and perhaps countless other life forms may have hit on the same one - convergent evolution Read More ›

Paul Davies at Closer to Truth: Do ultimate questions evolve?

Note: If the questions are really ultimate questions, they can’t evolve. That’s what “ultimate” means: It’s the last one. But perhaps Davies and various readers have a different view. Read More ›

A mind-controlled wheelchair is a case for the reality of the human mind. Discuss.

From The Scientist: "Three people with limited to no mobility in their limbs were able to navigate a specially designed wheelchair just by thinking about where they wanted to go, a study published today (November 18) in iScience reports. " Read More ›