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Denyse O'Leary
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October 22, 2019
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Evolution, Intelligent Design, Plants, stasis
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Did the mega dinosaurs grow so big on a “living fossil” grass?

Denyse O'Leary
October 22, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Plants, stasis
Equisetum, considered a “living fossil” is the only surviving member of a large family of spore-bearing vascular plants found as early as 150 mya. It's still here. The giant sauropods not so much. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 21, 2019
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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PragerU’s new vid explains science-based doubts about evolution

Denyse O'Leary
October 21, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media, Science
"In November 2016, I attended a conference in London attended by some of the world’s leading evolutionary biologists. The purpose? To address growing doubts about the modern version of Darwin’s theory," Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Plants
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Asked seriously: What if plants are smarter than we think?

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2019
Intelligent Design, Plants
The question is not whether plants are “as smart as SMART animals” (no) but whether many plants can use information to the same degree as many animals can (yes). It would make more sense to see that the reason they can is that nature is full of intelligence (not personal intelligences). And that the intelligence clearly did not get there by Darwinian means, as the above example illustrates. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2019
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Hossenfelder, did you know that, for some, the search for dark matter is an act of faith?

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2019
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
At Nautilus: “My sense,” I say to Christopher, “is that the search for dark matter has produced an elaborate, delicate edifice of presuppositions, and a network of worship sites, also known as laboratories, all dedicated to the search for an invisible universal entity which refuses to reveal itself. It seems to resemble what we call religion rather more than what we call science.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism
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Rob Sheldon on the end of the internet Golden Age

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2019
Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism
The questions raised by a recent Analysis feature at Mind Matters News, by a long-time tech maven, affect everyone who gets most of their information from the internet. Sheldon responds: If you are a millennial, or a parent/friend to a millennial, this article captures the depression/frustration of millennials perfectly. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 20, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Science fiction
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ID-themed science fiction explores mind-matter collision

Denyse O'Leary
October 20, 2019
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Science fiction
ID-friendly philosopher Eric Holloway wrote ID As A Bridge Between Francis Bacon And Thomas Aquinas here, which garnered a lot of attention. But in science fiction, he turns his attention to the consequences of a materialist vs. a non-materialist interpretation of the human mind. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 19, 2019
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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The Paris Zoo “blob”: What exactly IS the role of the brain in processing information?

Denyse O'Leary
October 19, 2019
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
"Polycephalum’s type of organism is thought to have existed for roughly a billion years though it has only been studied intensively in recent decades. It is technically called a “protist” (a catch-all category for life forms that are hard to classify). It makes decisions with no apparent source of intelligence." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 19, 2019
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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The Dead Leaf butterfly is making the rounds again

Denyse O'Leary
October 19, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Given a time period for the emergence of butterflies, what is the probability of this camouflage occurring by purely Darwinian means? If calculation replaced assertion, we’d likely be looking for other mechanisms than natural selection acting on random mutations. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 18, 2019
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Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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Big Data study of termites forces rethink of their evolution

Denyse O'Leary
October 18, 2019
Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design
“Often, researchers construct a phylogeny using a single gene. This can, however, give an inaccurate picture of the relationship between species -- and can incorrectly place them.” So the industrious team studied “used up to 4065 genes from each termite species to construct the phylogeny.” Good for them. But it raises the question, why—in the age of Big Gene—doesn’t everyone do that, instead of loudly proclaiming an evolutionary history based on a handful of genes? One is much less inclined to dismiss the evidence of thousands than a handful. Read More ›