An open letter to Stephen C. Meyer. Published June 1, 2023 Dr. Meyer, Your lovely book Signature in the Cell: DNA and the Evidence for Intelligent Design outlines an illuminating argument for the premise that life was created by an intelligent designer. I found the book’s argument logical, parsimonious and…

What is epistolution? Epistolution is a scientific theory I invented in 2019 and 2020 that is the first complete general explanation for life including an epistemology of self-organization. …

For more from Charlie Munford, please explore www.talkingoctopus.com. The tree of life has many splits in its branches, and a few merges. Our bodies and brains, too, are split and merged. One possible reason for this split is fascinating, and it relates directly to the process of understanding life. …

Please find more from Charlie at talkingoctopus.com. All life depends on the very particular molecule that is DNA. Why should this be? If upward causation were true, then self-replicators can in principle evolve spontaneously and replicate themselves. The fact that only one form of self-replicator (the one that is now…

Please find more from Charlie Munford at TalkingOctopus. Genetic sequences are vitally important for life, but why? Is there a coherent view of biology other than that of The Selfish Gene? A scattered group of thinkers may be suggesting another way forward. Lynn Margulis, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Michael Skinner, James Shapiro…

Find more from Charlie Munford at www.talkingoctopus.com To an Epigeneticist: Thank you for sharing your work with me. The question I have focused on for the past four years is the question of whether genes contain “instructions” or not. I believe this question has been answered conclusively by the recent…

Find more from Charlie Munford at www.talkingoctopus.com Genes vs. The Environment. This question, in explaining what happens in living systems, seems like an apparent causality problem. An apparent causality problem is a false dichotomy, like, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” Both can of course be true, since…

This is my personal story, the story of how I found a point of view called epistolution, what it does for me, and what I hope it will do for you. I hope to convince you in this essay that this unlikely-sounding statement is true: The mainstream theory of biology…

Much ink has been spilled defending evolution clearly and forcefully against Biblical creationists. These debates make a lot of noise, but the irrationalism of conservative Christianity is losing ground. The shame is that this distracting discourse makes it hard to discuss real potential scientific issues with Neo-Darwinism. It is the…