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The Science of Life

Posted on Jul 23rd, 2009 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Daniel Dennett says biology is engineering . He argues that living organisms are machines, flattening the classical Aristotelian difference between natural and artificial. For Aristotle, natural things had their form and purpose internal to themselves,... More »

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Seeing With Teilhard: Evolution and the Within of Things

Posted on Dec 7th, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Preface “Like the meridians as they approach the poles, science, philosophy and religion are bound to converge as they draw nearer to the whole.” –Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man, p. 30   “To... More »

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Mechanism and Meaning: Making Room for Consciousness

Posted on Jun 17th, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

The following is an exchange I had on YouTube with  cosmanthony21  about the nature of "awareness."  ----------------------------------------------------- cosmanthony21 's original message:  Ok, lemme give it a shot. This is an interesting topic for discussion, so... More »

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Intelligent Design

Posted on Apr 20th, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

Watched Ben Stein's new movie "Expelled." This is my review: 

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Biology Culture Wars

Posted on Mar 21st, 2008 by buddhacious : Human Being buddhacious

This is a message discussion Wonderist and I have been having over at YouTube about my videos on evolutionary biology (also found in my two previous Gaia blogs).  From Wonderist: First I want to say... More »

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