intelligence

african american gardener looking at freshly picked from the ground golden beets at community communal garden
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Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism

Again with the ‘Plants Are Intelligent’ Nonsense

Wesley J. Smith
May 6, 2024
Human Exceptionalism
Periodically, the mainstream media focus on advocacy for the idea that plants are intelligent and/or moral beings. For example, the New York Times ran a column some years back asserting that peas are persons. Why? Pea plants release chemicals in the soil that alert other pea plants of drought conditions. Read More ›
John Wohlstetter
January 31, 2008
Foreign Policy

Dial ’08 for terrorism

John Wohlstetter
January 31, 2008
Foreign Policy

The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has brought foreign policy and security issues to the forefront, as America prepares to elect a president. Homeland security is part of the seamless web that links actions abroad to consequences at home. Above all, fears that a nuclear device will be detonated on American soil have been aroused anew by Read More ›

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3d illustration of helicobacter pylori bacterium
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Holly J. Morris
July 29, 2002
Intelligent Design

Life’s Grand Design

Holly J. Morris
July 29, 2002
Intelligent Design

Two people come to your door with a petition to give evolution some competition in the science classroom. One is a biblical literalist who wants genetics out and Genesis in. The other is a science professor with exquisite academic credentials, championing a compelling theory called intelligent design. He speaks in painful detail about the bacterial flagellum, whatever that is. Though Read More ›