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Denyse O'Leary
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February 28, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism
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Wintery Knight asks: Can one believe in both God and Darwinian evolution?

Denyse O'Leary
February 28, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism
Matheson now blogs at (but, of course) Peaceful Science where he describes himself as a “secular humanist” (August 3, 2020). All of which raises a question: Do people embrace Darwinism and then lose their faith? Or is it more like this: Darwinism is a convenient and socially acceptable explanation for loss of faith, which may also have other roots? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 28, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience, Physics
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A science writer offers some interesting thoughts on free will

Denyse O'Leary
February 28, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience, Physics
It’s interesting that a science writer sees through the most fundamental materialist rot. Unfortunately, it sounds as though he hopes to replace it with a different one. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 28, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Multiverse
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Michael Egnor on why we don’t live in a multiverse

Denyse O'Leary
February 28, 2021
Intelligent Design, Multiverse
Egnor: The problem is, to make their claim credible, [Novella and Goff] must show that there actually are localities in the universe in which the laws of physics differ in a way that would make fine tuning likely by chance. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 27, 2021
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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One theory about why we don’t see extraterrestrials provides support for Earth as a privileged planet

Denyse O'Leary
February 27, 2021
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
If intelligent life forms are trapped in the interior oceans of rocky moons and planets, Earth is a special planet—much better suited to space exploration. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 27, 2021
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Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Astrophysicist: If there really are extraterrestrials, what difference would it make?

Denyse O'Leary
February 27, 2021
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Scharf: "Eventually it might all just be a bit of a relief. We’ll neither be alone, nor surrounded by anything particularly extraordinary. Copernican mediocrity will be somewhat restored, and we can go back to worrying about everything else that can go wrong on our speck of rock and water as it sails through the cosmos." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2021
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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Of 70,000 hitherto unknown viruses in the human gut, over 40% of proteins had no clear function

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2021
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
The reader comments that viruses cannot afford to carry around much non-functioning nucleic acid. More likely, the 43% that are mystery proteins do have a function. If even viruses are much more complex than we expect, what chance that all these complex systems arose by natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwinism)? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2021
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Asteroid hit dino extinction theory strengthened by asteroid dust found in crater

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2021
extinction, Intelligent Design
The asteroid theory replaced any number of folk Darwinian theories about why the dinosaurs died out. You know the sort of thing: They were too big; they were too stupid to look after their eggs; mammals ate their eggs… Etc. Many non-dinos went extinct too. Small mammals may have found it easier to hide. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 26, 2021
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Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
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Jonathan Bartlett: Antiracism in Math Promotes Racism and Bad Math

Denyse O'Leary
February 26, 2021
Education, Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Racism
Bartlett: … one thing that is helpful for parents, students, and teachers is for students to show their work. I know it can be hard to get students to do this. My own children hate to do it. However, being explicit about the steps in their reasoning is important for a number of reasons. First, showing their work helps students with harder problems... So, what does Equitable Math say about this practice? According to their published guide, "White supremacy culture shows up in math class when students are required to show their work" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Plants
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Caterpillars stifle plants’ chemical warning cries

Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, Plants
Findings: "We have discovered a new strategy whereby an insect uses saliva to inhibit the release of airborne plant defenses through direct manipulation of plant stomata," said Gary Felton, professor and head of the Department of Entomology at Penn State, noting that stomata are tiny pores on plant leaves that regulate gas exchange" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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At American Thinker: Science reporting is one of the saddest casualties of the schools of journalism

Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Science
Okay, but many papers can’t be replicated and many journals have gone Woke too. So it may not matter as much as Arvay thinks. Maybe it doesn’t matter much that the reporting is just as bad as the studies. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 25, 2021
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At Oscillations: Suzan Mazur wonders what’s got into Eugene Koonin and Dieter Braun

Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Readers may recall Eugene Koonin as not particularly a Darwinian. As of 2018, Dieter Braun was more ambivalent. But Mazur notes that something has changed. Is it some light they have seen or has someone warned them to be more submissive? Read More ›