This short article from TMB member @campbell_rider looks at the new findings from the James Webb telescope, and suggests the search for alien life may be a philosophical problem as well as a scientific one. @ArtSS_Sydney @UsydSoH
Looking at the history of ‘biosignature’ discoveries shows why they can be problematic. @campbell_rider @Sydney_Uni https://theconversation.com/scientists-claim-to-have-found-evidence-of-alien-life-but-biosignatures-might-hide-more-than-they-reveal-254801
2. We argue against recent proposals to replace the definition of sexes by anisogamy (sperm and eggs). A binary view of gametes does not imply a binary view of organisms and anisogamy plays a central role plays a central role in explaining the evolution of biological diversity.
1. Biology Should Not Dispense With Sexes by Paul Griffiths and Hamish Spencer appeared this week in Current Biology. https://kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fauthors.elsevier.com%2Fa%2F1kuWF3QW8SA1sH/1/0102019610c59874-d8068d7d-6085-48fc-84a8-36a878bdfdde-000000/QRCNPJacsqRA4vrar7ppLbFYMmI=420
#TacitCreationism is pervasive and problematic. Dan Stein and I explain why in our just-published article. Machines have discrete parts with specific functions connected in simple ways. Organic complexity is fundamentally different. 1/3 @ISEMPH
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ejn.70028