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Evolution’s Witness: How Eyes Evolved – by Dr. Ivan Schwab M.D.

Evolution’s Witness: How Eyes Evolved – by Dr. Ivan Schwab M.D.

One of the biggest difficulties in understanding and acceptance of evolutionary biology is the eye.  It isn’t just detractors who are trying to protect a sectarian viewpoint, it is genuinely curious people, smart people, who don’t get it because it isn’t easy. Science is difficult and, inside science, evolution is difficult. We’ve even had prominent biologists here submit...

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Brain Trust – by Garth Sundem

Brain Trust – by Garth Sundem

If you are anything like me, and you had a chance to sit around with Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, you wouldn’t ask fanboy questions like ‘will we ever understand the soul?’ or ‘how much should I make fun of evolutionary psychology surveys about sex?’ you would instead lean in conspiratorially and ask, ‘what’s the best way to get out of a speeding...

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