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