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Denyse O'Leary
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February 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, language, Neuroscience, Philosophy
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At Mind Matters News: A reader asks: Is it true that there is no self?

Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, language, Neuroscience, Philosophy
Michael Egnor replies, “The assertion that self is an illusion is not even wrong — it’s self-refuting, like saying “I don’t exist” or “Misery is green” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 24, 2021
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Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design

Eric Hedin, that Ball State physicist whose ID course was Cancelled, has a new book out

Denyse O'Leary
February 24, 2021
Academic Freedom, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
The funny thing is that Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne , who spearheaded getting Hedin's course cancelled, is often heard wittering these days about people he approves of — or doesn’t disapprove of — getting Cancelled. And it’s not likely he will ever get the significance of the role he played in starting the ball rolling. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 23, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Tim Standish responds to Terrell Clemmons on Darwinism

Denyse O'Leary
February 23, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Standish: The impossible task that Darwinists have is not just to show that what they propose is possible, it is to show that this is what actually happened, not just with one or two genes or traits or morphologies or whatever else you want to look at, but with the whole lot. They are masters at picking ambiguous and exceptional examples and treating them as if they are the rule. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 23, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Winston Ewert discusses the dependency graph of life

Denyse O'Leary
February 23, 2021
Intelligent Design
In a 2018 article which merits continued discussion: This hypothesis postulates that different biological species share modules related by a dependency graph. We evaluate several predictions made by this model about both biological and synthetic data, finding them to be fulfilled. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 23, 2021
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design
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Why do researchers need to try to prove that animals have personalities?

Denyse O'Leary
February 23, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design
Mammals, birds, and reptiles differ by ability but those that have been studied seem to have individual personalities within the frame of their intelligence. What they don’t have or make little use of is abstract reasoning. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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At Wall Street Journal: Science needs critics, not cheerleaders

Denyse O'Leary
February 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
From an interview with John Staddon we learn that constructive criticism is more useful than cheerleading when one’s game needs work. One outcome of the problems Staddon describes is that “trust the science” is becoming something of a joke in a broad variety of areas and that is not good news. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Renowned chemist James Tour’s episodes 1-3 on origin of life

Denyse O'Leary
February 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
David Klinghoffer: Tour got going with this 13-part series of lectures in response to a hapless critic, Dave Farina. As a correspondent quips, “I don’t know who Dave Farina is, but he’s kicked the wrong dog.” Indeed so. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 21, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design
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The human genome at 20. We have some answers but way more questions now.

Denyse O'Leary
February 21, 2021
'Junk DNA', Culture, Darwinism, Genetics, Genomics, Intelligent Design
At The Conversation on junk DNA: Bewilderingly, scientists found that the non-coding genome was actually responsible for the majority of information that impacted disease development in humans. Such findings have made it clear that the non-coding genome is actually far more important than previously thought. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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New paper by Steiner Thorvaldsen on intelligent design and natural theology

Denyse O'Leary
February 21, 2021
Intelligent Design
Thorvaldsen: Intelligent Design is a relatively new scientific research program that investigates the effects of intelligent sources, and challenges basic parts of contemporary Darwinism. Fred Hoyle first issued the ideas of Intelligent Design in modern times when he discovered the unique energy level of the carbon atom in the 1950s. Read More ›