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Skyhooks and Cranes
It is not that there is no "watchmaker"; there is no "watch." Looking for one frames the problem the...
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Is Evolution a Secular Religion?
Does God have a sense of humour? It is in fact an interesting theological point. We usually think that...
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Halacha, Kabbalah, and Filosofia
I have enjoyed reading the correspondence in response to my essay about Judaism and science. I learned from all...
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Genes and the Adapted Mind
The system of inheritance of ideas is independent of the system of inheritance of genes. All this is pointing...
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The Good Samaritan and His Genes
The fundamental claim is that selfish people out reproduce unselfish ones, but superimposed on that is the claim that...
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Not the Baker, but the Bake-off – part of the Genes, Genesis, and Gods discussion
“Truth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.” That has got to be one of my all-time favorite Zen zingers. ...
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Distributed and Shared Genetic Value
Since genes are not moral agents, they cannot be selfish, and, equally, they cannot be altruistic. But genes can...
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Genes, Genesis, and God
Below are two messages, which continue the thread with Holmes Rolston on “Genes, Genesis, and God.” The first message...
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On Scientific and Religious Truths
Attitudes of practitioners By and large, in the writings of theologians and scholars on science and religion, the following...
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Selfish Genes and Inclusive Values
Each organism is in pursuit of—that is, values—its own proper life, which is all that the (nonhuman) individual organism...