biology

  • Bigotry Is a Choice

    Bigotry Is a Choice

    The problem with the anti-homosexuality perspective is the belief that it is a choice. This leads people into the (very natural-but-misguided) assumption that it is therefore abnormal. The truth, however, is just the opposite. Anyone with enough intellectual integrity can take the time to look into it and realize the truth. Homosexuality occurs in virtually…

  • Q: What is the meaning of death?

    Q: What is the meaning of death?

    A: Organisms are giant machines, and they require a lot of energy. All day, every day, most organisms spend their time concerned with the consumption and excretion of biological material. And since they constantly reproduce, they are introducing more of these consumers into the environment. Birth brings about mutations, which brings about change and leads…

  • Q: How does evolution explain why men tend to outperform women in mathematics and spatial reasoning?

    Q: How does evolution explain why men tend to outperform women in mathematics and spatial reasoning?

    Q: How does evolution explain why men tend to outperform women in mathematics and spatial reasoning? A: Our species has a long biological heritage of men going out to do the hunting while the women stay at the camp to do the gathering. The men that tended to get lost because of their terrible spatial…

  • Q: Why has evolution programmed us to believe we have immortal souls?

    Q: Why has evolution programmed us to believe we have immortal souls? A: Because (in a sense) we do have immortal souls: our DNA. Every strand of DNA in every living cell of every organism is a genetic history lesson. We share our respiratory, circulatory, digestive, system as trillions of other animals, and we are…

  • Q: Can someone tell me why men and women eat differently?

    Q: Can someone tell me why men and women eat differently? A: Though we are the same species, our differences in gender play a huge role in how our bodies use energy. Males tend to be larger and do more physical labor, so they tend to need more energy. Females tend to be smaller, and…

  • Q: Spiritually speaking about midichlorian evolution…?

    Q: Spiritually speaking about midichlorian evolution…? If midichlorians are symbiotic flora that communicate with the Force, and is present in Jedi who have emerged from genetically unrelated races that evolved from different planets across the galaxy far far away, where did midichlorians come from? How can the same genetic material evolve on multiple planets simultaneously?…

  • Q: Why is rest important?

    Q: Why is rest important? A: Our bodies are gigantic biological machines. We are warm blooded because there are tiny “explosions” happening at the molecular level all day, every day. Our cells take in nutrients, break them apart, and use the energy that is released. We require large amounts of energy to keep our blood…

  • Q: If man is more than just an animal how come the Alpha male syndrome is so prominent in our society?

    Q: If man is more than just an animal how come the Alpha male syndrome is so prominent in our society? Females also display this syndrome as well. A: We’re not more than animals, and anyone who thinks that is deluding themselves. Need proof? Rape, murder, war, assault, abuse, etc. If we were better than…

  • Q: Why do people follow the bible so fanatically?

    Q: Why do people follow the bible so fanatically? The bible’s influence on the majority of the population is on par with Hitler’s influence on his own people. If you force lies in a person’s face over and over again, eventually the truth will be perceived as a lie. This has been used before with…