22 days ago
deusx : Charles Darwin to receive apology from the Church of England for rejecting evolution - Telegraph - "The Church of England will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas. It will call "anti-evolutionary fervour" an "indictment" on the Church". The bold move is ce
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29 days ago
deusx : New Jumpgate Evolution video shows off dogfighting - Massively - "The video shows off combat taking place within a massive asteroid belt. Have a look at the video below the cut, and let us know if you think Jumpgate Evolution seems to be your type of game."
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3 month ago
deusx : 'Sarcasm Seen as Evolutionary Survival Skill' by Live Science - RichardDawkins.net - "Thanks goodness, because life without out sarcasm would be a dull and way too nice place to be, if you ask me. "
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5 month ago
Linkorama : At The Churchill Club: The Top 10 Tech Trends - And that’s it. Lots of mobile phone predictions. Green energy. Water. And more phones.
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6 month ago
deusx : Seed: Suspending Life - "Some lucky evolutionary accident ensured the mammals' safety through a deep sleep, and that accident may still be dormant within us. That which allowed our ancestors to survive millions of years ago might also be a means of our survival now."
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7 month ago
jcgregorio : Evolution: Plants Rapidly Evolve New Reproductive Systems in Cities - where are the "but it's just a theory" commenters?
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8 month ago
Linkorama : Do you believe in evolution? - Pierre Omidyar: I say we should call a truce, at least until people can think with clear heads about this: acknowledge that faith and science are both beneficial in their own domains, and that they coexist. By definition, they are orthogonal and can't con
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11 month ago
cameron : Why Science Will Triumph Only When Theory Becomes Law - Clive Thompson puts on a Lakovian hat and fixes the debate about the law of evolution
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12 month ago
43folders : AppleInsider | Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences - Entertaining and nostalgic walk through the Mac's iterations on the Control Panel
nelson : MacOS preferences evolution - That old Susan Kare design still rocks
joshua : evolution of system preferences
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14 month ago
gleuschk : Seed: Prime Vertebrae - why is the difference between 6 annd 7 cervical vertebrae so profound?
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15 month ago
deusx : The Tree of Life and "I Believe In Science" slogan - "The Tree of Life and "I Believe In Science" slogan in white on a green ringer tee."
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16 month ago
jimray : Sam Brownback has a surprisingly coherent, if fundamentally flawed, op-ed in the NYTimes about his belief in evolution - Ultimately, though, he wants the scientific theory of evolution to square up with his personal religious beliefs, which ain't who science works, Sam, no matter how much you may want it to.
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17 month ago
deusx : Why Google Is Making Us Dumber - "Let’s face it: we’re not exactly becoming brighter by using Google. In fact, in the traditional education sense, we’re getting stupider, at least with certain types of tasks."
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17 month ago
jimray : Who doesn't believe in evolution? - Chris Matthews asked a throwaway question at the Republican debate last night, Brownback, Tancredo and Huckabee all answered affirmative. See, unlike virgin births or flying spaghetti monsters, evolution doesn't give a god damn if you believe.
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18 month ago
deusx : I Believe In Science - "The Tree of Life design celebrates the theory of evolution and was created to give a voice to those who favor traditional biology and oppose the growing American support of various forms of creationism."
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19 month ago
jcgregorio : I have met the enemy and it is tribalism « Jon Udell - This was the nagging thought in the back of my head when reading Dawkins. He didn't need to be talking about religion, you could replace it with political parties or sports teams. It would all come out the same.
deusx : I have met the enemy and it is tribalism « Jon Udell - "The problem isn’t religion, Wilson said, it’s tribalism. The two often coincide but they are not the same thing. Religion is not a pernicious force in the world. Tribalism is."
WillPate : I have met the enemy and it is tribalism - "Tribalism is an aspect of human nature, so it must once have served a purpose, but it no longer does. It’s a piece of evolutionary baggage that we can no longer afford to carry around."
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19 month ago
philgyford : Evolution and Religion - Darwin’s God - Robin Marantz Henig - New York Times - Why do people hold irrational, superstitious, religious views, and why does it persist over generations? Is there an evolutionary benefit? (via Kottke)
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20 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News reports that the gene that allows most Westerners to consume cow milk effectively only appeared in the last few thousand years - Apparently it gave humans such an enormous advantage that it subsequently spread like wildfire through Western Europe.
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21 month ago
plasticbag : Okay - only a few more of these to go - another review of The God Delusion, this time by Mary Wakefield of The Daily Telegraph, who again says that it won't convince anyone... - The assumption of these reviews is that an individual is either a Christian or an atheist. I disagree. I think there are a lot of people who call themselves Christians who when faced with the actuality of what they're supposed to believe look stunned and
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deusx : Developing Intelligence : Shared Intentionality in Human and Primate Cognition - "Although humans and non-human primates differ in a variety of seemingly more important ways, Tomasello suggests that "shared intentionality" is the most critical: a propensity for social interaction allowed each of these other capacities to evolve to the
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deusx : ..: JOURNAL CHRETIEN [Ex-atheist and Ex-evolutionist Design Board Game] :.. - "“Intelligent Design versus Evolution†is a new board game that was designed by actor Kirk Cameron and best-selling author Ray Comfort, to help fight against the what they maintain is the brainwashing of an entire generation."
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22 month ago
deusx : The tiny magnetite compass in the human nose | Anthropology.net - "Magnetite helps orientation and direction finding in animals. It no doubtingly helps migratory species migrate successfully by allowing them to draw upon the earth's magnetic fields."
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23 month ago
plasticbag : National Geographic reports on the dolphin that's been discovered with four fins - The rear limbs may be an atavistic throughback to a time where dolphin ancestors had limbs and walked on land. Unless you're against evolution, of course. In which case the dolphin's extra limbs can be considered evidence of your stupidity...
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