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Yet another experiment showing that conscious “decisions” are made unconsciously, and in advance « Why Evolution Is True
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Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Atheist “church”: cat worship. Yet another experiment showing that conscious “decisions” are made unconsciously, and in advance. In the last few years, neuroscience experiments have shown that some “conscious decisions” are actually made in the brain. The actor is conscious of them: brain-scanning techniques can predict not only. A binary decision will be made, but. Nevertheless, the neuroscience experiments are beginning to refute the classic notion of. Nevertheless, I thin...
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Oklahoma homeschool “science fair,” associated with state university, perverts science by making it support God « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/oklahoma-homeschool-science-fair-associated-with-state-university-perverts-science
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Correction: Dubai drowning incident apparently happened two decades ago. The Islamist theology of rape. Oklahoma homeschool “science fair,” associated with state university, perverts science by making it support God. From yesterday’s issue of. Yesterday afternoon, an Ogle Mole alerted me to a strange webpage hidden on OU.edu ( OU.edu/science. That page has now mysteriously (! Disappeared; this is what you get when you click on the link above. Go Sooners! Integrate all the ac...
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Rabbi doubts evolution, “but not because of religion” « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/rabbi-doubts-evolution-but-not-because-of-religion
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Readers’ Wildlife Photos: fledgling harriers. Quote of the Day: Camille Paglia. Rabbi doubts evolution, “but not because of religion”. The title of the article at issue is a masterpiece of dissimulation, because if you read the piece you’ll find that its author, a rabbi, is skeptical. Anyway, the title of the piece, published at the Jewish website. Is “ Skeptical about evolution and not because of religion. 8220;, and it’s by Avi Shafran. A New York rabbi with his own website.
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The cockeyed strawberry squid « Why Evolution Is True
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Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; My INR5 talk about free will or rather, our lack of it. How did this fox get to a second-story windowsill for a nap? The cockeyed strawberry squid. Also known as the cock-eyed squid, is famous (as you can also tell if you parse the Latin binomial) for the huge disparity in the size and form of its two eyes. That’s evident from this gif:. Now, before you watch the explanatory video below, or read. 8216;s recent piece. Okay, watch the video, and then read the piece above.
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What would disprove evolution? « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/what-would-disprove-evolution
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Three-month-old clouded leopard cubs. What would disprove evolution? If evolution is a scientific theory worth its salt, then there must be some conceivable observations that could show it to be wrong. I just wanted to put down, for the record, what some of those observations might be. First, let’s reprise what I see as the major components of the theory of evolution. Evolution occurs, that is, there is gene frequency change in populations over generations. The process produ...
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It's Only A Theory: Philosophy of science as it was taught to John Rawls
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It's Only A Theory. A Group Blog Devoted to the General Philosophy of Science. Saturday, February 25, 2012. Philosophy of science as it was taught to John Rawls. Crossposted at Footnotes on Epicycles. My colleague Jon Mandle has been looking at John Rawls 1950 doctoral dissertation, A Study in The Grounds of Ethical Knowledge. I did not have a good answer to this, beyond the obvious suggestion. So I decided to share the interesting bit here. Which are stated, when the science is developed, in mathematica...
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Larry Moran reviews Shapiro’s anti-Darwinian book; and another new anti-evolution book is about to appear « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/larrry-moran-reviews-shapiros-anti-darwinian-book-and-another-new-anti-evolution-book-by-thomas-nagel
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; A vegetarian owl. The new issue of. Larry Moran reviews Shapiro’s anti-Darwinian book; and another new anti-evolution book is about to appear. I’ve been criticizing James Shapiro’s. On neo-Darwinism (he sees it as all wrong) for a while now, but only recently noticed that for some time Larry Moran has been making more thorough criticisms of Shapiro’s columns and his recent new book at Moran’s website. You can find Larry’s comments collected here. My own response would be tha...
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What caused the Cambrian explosion? « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/06/20/what-caused-the-cambrian-explosion
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; National Geographic wildlife photos. The view from Rocknest… on Mars. What caused the Cambrian explosion? The “explosion”, contrary to some creationists, wasn’t instantaneous, so it couldn’t have marked a single creation “event” at one time. Rather, the origination of many (but not all) modern phyla occurred between 570 and 540 mya. So the “explosion” took at least thirty million years. Appearance reflects the action of. Which loves to quote-mine me: my characterization of t...
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Today’s banner for the Indianapolis Star « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2015/03/03/todays-banner-for-the-indianapolis-star
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Matthew and Harry. Today’s banner for the Indianapolis Star. What’s wrong with this newspaper heading? Now how objective do you think this paper can be about matters religious? This entry was written by whyevolutionistrue. March 3, 2015 at 6:31 pm. And filed under freedom from religion. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed. Laquo; Matthew and Harry. Posted March 3, 2015 at 6:34 pm. Uh, poofing FTW …?
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Michael Ruse: Heaven and miracles are perfectly consistent with science « Why Evolution Is True
https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/michael-ruse-heaven-and-miracles-are-perfectly-consistent-with-science
Why Evolution Is True. Laquo; Caturday felid: yet another klepto-cat, Denis from Luton. A marvel of evolution: the dactyl club of stomatopods. Michael Ruse: Heaven and miracles are perfectly consistent with science. And I’ve reviewed in another place. Michael Ruse’s previous attempt to comport science with Christianity: his book. Can a Darwinian be a Christian. The answer, of course, is “certainly! Science and Spirituality: Making Room for Faith in the Age of Science. There is a God who is creator, maker...
