Theory of evolution just got even better |
In the beginning, there was only the concept of mutation and selection. About 150 years ago this was called "Darwinism" and quickly swept the scientific community. Around the 1920s/30s, mutation and selection was complem...[more] |
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Posted on Thursday 24 April 2008 - 13:25:16 |
Degeneracy |
Probably the most important common denominator of evolutionary theory and neuroscience is degeneracy. The degeneracy found in gene networks and the degeneracy found in the organization of brains. See e.g. ...[more] |
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Posted on Friday 09 May 2008 - 12:40:53 |
All brains possess free will because there is no design in biology |
I have no idea when it started, but probably long before Darwin, the notion of 'design' kept creeping into descriptions of biological organisms or traits: Birds are designed to fly or the eye is designed to see. I've als...[more] |
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Posted on Wednesday 09 June 2010 - 22:05:40 |