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Denyse O'Leary
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December 31, 2019
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Rethinking what it means to be “legally human”

Denyse O'Leary
December 31, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
Perhaps we will morph into a civilization where a turtle with some human cells is legally human and therefore has security of the person but vast swathes of humanity are not. If you vote for people who think that’s cool, at least you will get something you voted for. Happy New Year. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 31, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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Ethan Siegel asks at Forbes, Did God create the universe?

Denyse O'Leary
December 31, 2019
Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
Siegel makes an interesting comparison with, say, Sabine Hossenfelder. He does great graphics but to say that he is not a deep thinker is to shower him with imprudent praise. By contrast, we go on listening to Hossenfelder with great interest, whether the graphics are good or not. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 30, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Science fiction
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Jonathan Bartlett on why we can’t upload our brains to computers

Denyse O'Leary
December 30, 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Science fiction
The idea that we can upload our brains to computers to avoid death shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the differences between types of thinking. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 30, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
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Michael Egnor sympathizes with people who think the universe is conscious

Denyse O'Leary
December 30, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
Michaael Egnor: There is no doubt that consciousness is a fundamental property of animal and human existence. As philosopher Philip Goff notes, a philosophy that cannot plausibly account for it cannot be correct. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 29, 2019
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Historian: Christianity has been the world’s greatest engine for moral reform

Denyse O'Leary
December 29, 2019
Culture, Intelligent Design, Mind, Religion
Thomas Kidd: To cite just one, sociologist Robert Woodberry showed in a landmark 2012 article that Christian missionaries were responsible for much of the global spread of cultural values such as “religious liberty, mass education, mass printing, newspapers, voluntary organizations, and colonial reforms” from Latin America to East Asia. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 29, 2019
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Atheism, Ethics, Intelligent Design, theism
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Dawkins raises an issue without intending to: Can one “outgrow” God without “outgrowing” morality?

Denyse O'Leary
December 29, 2019
Atheism, Ethics, Intelligent Design, theism
Rebecca McLaughlin: To Dawkins’s credit, he comes dangerously close to acknowledging that religious belief is correlated with better moral outcomes—though he would like to think humans are better than that (117). He finds it rather patronizing to say, “Of course you and I are too intelligent to believe in God, but we think it would be a good idea if other people did!” (122). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 27, 2019
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Atheism, Books of interest, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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David Bentley Hart offers an honest assessment of Richard Dawkins’s new book

Denyse O'Leary
December 27, 2019
Atheism, Books of interest, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
The book is Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. Hart thinks Dawkins has finally found his authorial voice but you had better read the rest. Read More ›