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Denyse O'Leary
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July 27, 2021
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Intelligent Design, stasis
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What we have learned from ancient brains is that evolution did not happen to them

Denyse O'Leary
July 27, 2021
Intelligent Design, stasis
Researchers: Even to the untrained eye, a comparison of the fossil’s nervous system with that of a modern horseshoe crab (below) leaves little question that the same structures are found in both species, despite them being separated by 310 million years. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 27, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Ethics, Genetics
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ID theorists were right about junk DNA. Now here is an ID prediction about CRISPR gene editing

Denyse O'Leary
July 27, 2021
'Junk DNA', Ethics, Genetics
William Dembski: The big question, then, is whether CRISPR gene editing will allow for huge improvements of human and other animal forms via genetic enhancements. My prediction is that it won’t. Specifically, I predict that attempted enhancements of the human germ line using CRISPR gene editing will (1) quickly hit an “enhancement boundary” beyond which enhancements are no longer feasible and (2) prove self-canceling in the sense that intended benefits will be undone by unintended deficits. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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John West tries once again to get YouTube to accept a documentary about scientific racism

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
West: My documentary only tells one part of the story of racism, and it also only tells a part of the story of the influence of Social Darwinism on Western imperialism, which certainly extended to other nations besides Germany. Yet I hope my revised film will add something to the current conversation. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Science
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Lancet accused of sitting on important COVID-19 study, maybe costing lives

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Science
The reason COVID-19 matters in our discussion of issues at UD News is that it may be the first time many people begin to understand one of the things we have been trying to talk about here for years: The way “science” can just become a club of people who front (and maybe even believe) certain things and suppress others irrespective of evidence, misusing their authority. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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The Science is Settled — now just SHUT Up. Except, we aren’t shutting up. We can’t.

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Of course, there are orthodoxies and then there are smelly orthodoxies. COVID-19 created a situation where many more people than otherwise have discovered a really smelly orthodoxy in science. Prediction: More people will start asking more questions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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The slow descent of “Science!” As in “Trust the Science!”

Denyse O'Leary
July 25, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Varadarajan: The World Health Organization is a particular offender: “We had a dozen Western scientists go to China in February and team up with a dozen Chinese scientists under the auspices of the WHO.” At a subsequent press conference they pronounced the lab-leak theory “extremely unlikely.” The organization also ignored Taiwanese cries for help with Covid-19 in January 2020. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 24, 2021
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Intelligent Design, theistic evolution
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Will Joshua Swamidass have the floor at Uncommon Descent?

Denyse O'Leary
July 24, 2021
Intelligent Design, theistic evolution
We will print, at Uncommon Descent, whatever Dr. Swamidass wishes to say further on this interesting topic of disappearing articles. We’d also be happy to hear him address how he thinks Dr. Axe has misrepresented him. Hey, we’re listening. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 23, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Douglas Axe vs Joshua Swamidass…

Denyse O'Leary
July 23, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Axe: First and foremost, Swamidass dislikes the “confrontational approach” that he thinks I promote and exemplify, along with other ID proponents. In his words: “Doug Axe in Undeniable and also in the recent Crossway book on theistic evolution talks about how there’s a need to have a confrontational approach to evolutionary science.” Swamidass must be feeling threatened. Read More ›