Author: Paul Nelson
A Remarkably Candid Statement About an Unsolved Evolutionary Puzzle
According to current systematic theory, everyone reading this right now belongs to the taxonomic category Deuterostomia.
Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman
I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause.
The Puzzle of Hox Gene Homology — With Parsimony Taking the Hit
I am old enough to remember when, during the cladistics revolution, parsimony was the Final Referee with the Loudest Whistle.
Joana Xavier, Skepticism About Design, and a Fable About a Gray Parrot with an iPad
Xavier, of University College London, is a young origin-of-life researcher who has steadily pursued questions of central importance.
Viewing Chinese Lanterns in Pittsburgh
I mused about the genetic coding requirements for the changes in protein expression and timing (during development) to give its precise floral morphology.