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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2019
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Eugenics and the “bad guy” in everyone but Darwin

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2019
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
This article about Francis Galton, Charles Darwin’s cousin, a key figure in the eugenics movement, manages to avoid mentioning Darwin, even though he was clearly among those Victorians for whom racism was a normal point of view. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Projectiles found at 20 kya earlier than thought. An advantage for modern humans vs Neanderthals?

Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
The thesis that modern humans had a competitive advantage in projectiles might be a bit hasty. One is reminded of the claim that modern humans could do art and Neanderthals couldn’t, and then we found Neanderthal art. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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Language is much more complex than once thought

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
Researcher: Our brains process language with astonishing speed and 'immediacy', in a dynamic network of interacting brain areas. All the relevant information becomes available immediately, as we start combining the meanings of individual words, unifying the different sources of information. To speed up this process, our brain actively predicts what is coming next (for instance, we might expect 'newspaper' to follow 'the editor of the ...'). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Researchers: The Golden Ratio is found in human skulls but not other animal skulls

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
Researchers: "The other mammals we surveyed actually have unique ratios that approach the Golden Ratio with increased species sophistication," says Rafael Tamargo, M.D., professor of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "We believe that this finding may have important anthropological and evolutionary implications." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Are the “redundant” particles of the universe evidence of fine-tuning?

Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2019
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
Rob Sheldon: Despite McMaster U. thinking this odd, and believing (hoping?) for a failure of the Standard Model, I see this as a necessary means of storing the information in the hot Big Bang, and demonstrating the ultimate fine-tuning of the cosmos. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

Cells’ feedback circuitry is all in the math

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
At Quanta: “What math and engineering and biology have in common, at least modern engineering, is enormous hidden complexity,” Doyle said. Take, for example, a cellphone. It seems simple to operate, but underneath, many layers of control circuits are built atop one another. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2019
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Intelligent Design, Physics
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Does the electron “know” of an impending collision?

Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2019
Intelligent Design, Physics
Researcher: The electron not only receives the expected momentum, but additionally one third of the photon momentum that actually should have gone to the atom nucleus. The sail, (electron), of the boat, (nucleus), therefore "knows" of the impending accident, (collision from the photon), before the cords tear and steals a bit of the boat's (nucleus's) momentum. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 1, 2019
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media
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What? David Berlinski and Gunter Bechly reply to Jerry Coyne … at Quillette?

Denyse O'Leary
October 1, 2019
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Media
It would be fun to discuss the history of life for once without the dead hand of Darwin overruling all. From the looks of things, it may also be possible now. Read More ›