http://evolvingmind.info/blog driven by curiosity, guided by rationality Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:48:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [This is the third post in a series, Clever Criticisms of Evolution (specifically, and the naturalistic worldview in general). Intro post here.] - I'm not so sure that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. As a thought experiment, I can envision having subjects smell identical flowers and ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=1010 I love the word "offspring." Feels so old. And suggestive. Progeny falls or springs off the parent. Or after falling off, as in the case of the above raintree seeds still attached to their pod, they spring up into their own existence. http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=1008 When it comes to the question of how much we really know about the universe, I consider myself a science moderate. The glass is half full. Sure, frequently I focus on the full part. But there are two reason for that. 1) the substance of the ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=1006 covering the desk lists and notes and articles -- welcome to Monday http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=1003 Does warfare come naturally to human beings? In the least, one would be justified in concluding that group violence is an option “encoded” in our DNA. I put encoded in quotes because the word too often carries the connotation of inevitability. And that is far from the truth. The human ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=1000 MWBW*, mid-40s, 5'11", blue eyes, likes staying trim but loves food even more, enjoys short walks on the beach with a surfboard tucked under his arm, seeks BR** who go both ways (science and arts), 15-75 (cognitive age), to share critical inquiry, explicit nature photos and fun with words. ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=999 It wasn't that long ago that people believed schizophrenia and other psychological disorders were caused by bad spirits and demons. A person seeing and hearing things that we don't; someone acting in bizarre ways - must be demons. Then came a time when many scientists (insert throat-clearing noise here) believed ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=994 a faint hammering sixty feet above the ground bits of bark drift down http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=991 The 30th Humanist Symposium has been posted over at Daylight Atheism.  Check it out.  I'm going to. http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=989 Manatee love to feed on floating aquatic plants such as the above photographed in prime habitat. I wonder if they spit out the dead stuff. One of the best ways to detect the presence of manatee is to look for movement in the floating plants. You'll often ... http://evolvingmind.info/blog/?p=981