Category: Science
Sabine Hossenfelder, Taking on Consciousness, Tackles Panpsychism
She wants to apologize to all carrots who are watching her video — but carrots are not watching and that’s the point.
Listen: “Design Errors” in the Human Body?
Nathan Lents often ignores something basic to engineering — the necessity of design tradeoffs.
Let’s Help “Professor Dave” Understand the Precambrian
We have much to teach the non-professor, and I trust that he is grateful for the education being rendered to him here.
Fossil Friday: Is Triassic Angiosperm-Like Pollen a Solution to Darwin’s Abominable Mystery?
There is one remaining issue to address, which is palynology, the science of fossil pollen.
Studying Chimps Is “Politics by Other Means”
A recent book in which chimpanzee experts reflect on their work tells us a good deal about the chimpanzee expert world.