Author Archives: James Cross

Are we hybrids?

Dr. Eugene McCarthy, a Ph.D in Genetics and an expert in hybridization, speculates in Human origins: Are we hybrids? that human beings are the result of hybridization between chimpanzees and pigs. 

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Purpose and Life

A post by Marcelo Gleiser “Does Life Have a Purpose?” on the NPR 13.7 Cosmos & Culture blog seems to reiterate the usual stale arguments about teleology. Let me try to show the pointlessness of both the “purpose” argument for … Continue reading

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Fullerene and Life

When I first read this I thought it was a hoax. It might still be a hoax but I haven’t seen any indication that it is in my research. It might also be a mistake or misinterpretation of data but … Continue reading

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