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Francis Collins on Faith vs. Science

FRANCIS COLLINS, U.S. DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT: “Will we turn our backs on science because it is perceived as a threat to God, abandoning all the promise of advancing our understanding of nature and applying that to the alleviation of suffering and the betterment of humankind? “Alternatively, will we turn our backs on…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Synthetic Life

“At the time of this writing, the biologist Craig Venter is engaging in the creation of artificial life. He conducted experiments and stated them in a famous paper titled “Creation of a Bacterial Cell Controlled by a Chemically Synthesized Genome.” “I have an immense respect for Craig Venter, whom I consider one of the smartest…

How Trees Talk To Each Other – Suzanne Simard

“A forest is much more than what you see,” says ecologist Suzanne Simard. Her 30 years of research in Canadian forests have led to an astounding discovery — trees talk, often and over vast distances. Learn more about the harmonious yet complicated social lives of trees and prepare to see the natural world with new…

Is Intelligent Design really just Old Earth Creationism?

I got this astute blog comment from Frank Morris: “I was so impressed by your debate with Stephen Meyer that I finally bought your Evolution 2.0 book. I can’t wait to read it to see how it compares with my own journey getting kicked around by hostile Darwinians on blogs as I continued to question…

Richard Rohr on Evolution

“The universe really is “inspirational matter,” we now know, and is not merely inert. Now we might call it instinct, evolution, nuclear fusion, DNA, hardwiring, the motherboard, healing, growth, or just springtime, but nature clearly continues to renew itself from within. “God seems to have created things that continue to create and recreate themselves from…

Are Cells Intelligent?

I had a great exchange with a gentleman, Matthew Taylor, on the Unbelievable discussion board, following my debate with Stephen Meyer. Matthew said: I was intrigued by the suggestion by one of the guests that cells might have some form of intelligence. I’d like to know what experiments and tests have been proposed so that…

Darwinism vs. ID vs. Evolution 2.0

Issue Neo-Darwinism Intelligent Design Evolution 2.0 (a.k.a. Third Way, Extended Synthesis) Origin of Life Presumed to have emerged from random chemical processes Created by an Intelligent Designer Information theory says codes require a designer, or else an undiscovered emergent process that generates codes Speed Gradual Instantaneous events of intervention In real time Sources of Novelty…

DNA, Fitness, Evolution: Perry Marshall flexes mental muscles on muscle head podcast

Why the heck would a bunch of muscle heads want to talk evolution? Simple: because it’s incredibly relevant to every area of our lives, including fitness. I was just featured on the MindPump podcast, to talk about my work on Evolution 2.0, and the Evolution 2.0 Prize. If you’re not into fitness, you may never…

The Iron Curtain of Biology, Junk DNA, and the Protestant Reformation

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door in Wittenberg, Germany and started a revolution. Seven years ago I wrote a piece called “The Iron Curtain of 2010”. There, I predicted that Darwinism would crack in ~2013. That there would be some Berlin Wall tipping-point event. Well, I was a little early….but…

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