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Darwin’s man Jerry Coyne has begun to worry about Wokeness

Coyne: But violence, looting, and rioting aren’t the main things I worry about. I worry about Wokeness.

jerry Evidence and logic are irrelevant to an atheist till they believe they have a gotcha. Then it overrides everything no... – At Mind Matters News: Why believe...
polistra Why is Karsten still attending and giving money to a church that explicitly doesn't want him there, and explicitly treats... – Karsten Pultz on the Church of...
jerry Disingenuous and wrong nearly 100% of the time Jerry did not mention the 63 lawsuits Jerry did not say anything... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
bornagain77 Seversky states, However much you believe otherwise, the theory of evolution says nothing about human beings or any other animals... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
polistra Good point. Maybe the effect should be renamed, since cocktail parties were never a typical experience for most humans. Filtering... – From Hugh Ross: Language involves biological...
BobRyan Bob O'H: To say something should exist is very different from having witnessed something. If something is not witnessed and... – Michael Egnor: Here’s why an argument...
Bob O'H We never observe black holes just as we never can observe the Big Bang. We can only infer — by... – Michael Egnor: Here’s why an argument...
Karen McMannus chuckdarwin: That it may have originally evolved in aquatic vs. terrestrial fauna is more significant. However, it is not clear... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Querius Seversky @17, Third, Christians are only able to hold a consistent set of beliefs about their faith by ignoring significant... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Querius Seversky @16, The only people here who "pontificate" are those who make completely unsupported assertions under the assumption that their... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Querius Eukaryotic microorganisms are extremely successful and supposedly are far more evolved than most other organisms on the planet. They react... – At Scientific American: Why we live...
Querius In science, a strong theory is able to anticipate findings in future research, a poor theory has lousy predictive ability... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Pearlman arrogance and confirmation bias, a winning combo to help retard science. why so many Hi IQ 'experts' are the biggest... – Karsten Pultz on the Church of...
Karen McMannus Seversky, Not sure where you live, or what your understanding of the legal issues are in the USA, but absolutely... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
Seversky Bornagain77/12 First off, in the reductive materialism of Darwinian evolution, human beings are to be considered the higher level of... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
Upright BiPed . Seversky, An unknown source of intelligence organized a set of symbols, referents, and constraints in order to be able... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Seversky Querius/9 Obviously, as Seversky pointed out, scientists’ opinions outside their fields are likely to be as opinionated and wrong as... – Stephen Hawking was Sometimes Embarrassingly Stupid
bornagain77 While Upright BiPed forever waits for a honest Darwinist to come along and engage him in a forthright manner, and... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
Seversky William J Murray/9 Whether or not they were lies is irrelevant to Jerry’s point; which side shuts down (or tries... – Peter Boghossian on the Woke and...
ET Earth to seversky: Just because INTELLIGENT DESIGN is NOT about the Designer(s) doesn't prevent anyone from trying to determine who... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...
ET The paper Waiting for TWO Mutations, was a misguided attempt to refute something that Michael Behe had said. However, what... – Would you believe… that the brain-eye...