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Denyse O'Leary
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August 23, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Physics
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Ed Feser on theoretical physicist’s new book: “the particle collection that fancied itself a physicist”

Denyse O'Leary
August 23, 2020
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Physics
Feser: Alfred Korzybski once said, “the map is not the territory.” If only more physicists were capable of seeing what a crackpot linguist could! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 22, 2020
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Viruses called phages, researchers say, are in a grey zone between life and non-life

Denyse O'Leary
August 22, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
Researcher: "Typically, what separates life from non-life is to have ribosomes and the ability to do translation; that is one of the major defining features that separate viruses and bacteria, non-life and life," Sachdeva said. "Some large phages have a lot of this translational machinery, so they are blurring the line a bit." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2020
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Fine tuning, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Unexpected complexity found in human heart – a use for the myocardial trabeculae

Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2020
Fine tuning, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Cold Spring Harbor: "The researchers discovered that the shape of trabeculae affects the performance of the heart, suggesting a potential link to heart disease. " Is this true only of human hearts? What about ancient ones? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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Psychologist sounds alarm: We are turning science into science fiction!

Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2020
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
But now, here’s a problem: In the world of the war on math, what, exactly, is wrong with science fiction replacing science? If 2 + 2 does not necessarily = 4, how can we be expected to even know that bogosity is wrong? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2020
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Rob Sheldon on the latest claim that quantum mechanics imperils objectivity

Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Sheldon: Actually the debate over "the meaning of QM" has been going on since 1935 when Einstein published his EPR paper. It is just that the wiggle-room is getting reduced as our straight-jacket is being cinched tighter. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2020
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Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Ethan Siegel enumerates what we might find, re life on Mars

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2020
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Siegel: It’s the ultimate nightmare of astrobiologists: that there’s a fascinating history of life to uncover on another world, but we’ll contaminate it with our own organisms before we ever learn the true history of life on that world. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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A Universal Mind is a reasonable idea, says Bernardo Kastrup

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
One reason that science media are respectful of cosmopsychism may be growing awareness of the problems with strict materialism, naturalism, or physicalism: As Michael Egnor has noted, “How can you have a proposition that the mind doesn’t exist? That means propositions don’t exist and that means that you don’t have a proposition.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 20, 2020
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design
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If you think dogs are smarter than cats, this will surprise you

Denyse O'Leary
August 20, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design
Interspecies comparisons are difficult but if we are going to compare, a better matchup would be between cats and wolves because both species have generally had to solve their own problems, as opposed to dogs which are bred to wait for human guidance. Read More ›
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Jonathan Bartlett
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August 19, 2020
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Intelligent Design

Does Science Need Naturalism?

Jonathan Bartlett
August 19, 2020
Intelligent Design

I did a podcast on whether or not naturalism has historically been of benefit to science. The *actual* interaction of naturalism with science is both drastically different and more interesting than what is presented in most science classes and books. Podcast information available here.