Friday, November 13, 2020

Life with purpose — Philip Ball

Biologists balk at any talk of ‘goals’ or ‘intentions’ – but a bold new research agenda has put agency back on the table.
Weekend reading. A new approach to agency, information and entropy puts some of the enduring questions back on the table scientifically. Fairly short, easy read.

Aeon
Life with purpose
Philip Ball

2 comments:

Matt Franko said...

https://thefederalist.com/2019/04/16/one-third-biologists-now-question-darwinism/

Been going on for a while...

Peter Pan said...

Even the Orange Man has an inkling of what purpose is.

"Life with porpoise - Jaws"