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Denyse O'Leary
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September 24, 2021
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Shell beads from Morocco found at 142,000 years ago

Denyse O'Leary
September 24, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
It’s fair to say that all clothing is a form of communication. True, we need clothing for warmth and protection but few people would wear tea cozies or aluminum siding, even if they theoretically work. Even back when most clothing was animal products, the type of skin or leather and any adornments thereon could probably tell us a lot. And beads? They serve no purpose except communication. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 23, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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Trust in science: How the replication crisis got started

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2021
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
Sarah Perry: In my experience, it is the norm, rather than the exception, for cited claims in popular science books and review papers to misstate the claims of their sources. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 23, 2021
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Evolution, Intelligent Design
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How animals survive without sexual reproduction

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
Researchers: “The existence of ancient asexual animal species like O. nova are difficult for evolutionary biologists to explain because asexual reproduction seems to be very disadvantageous in the long run.” But they were able to show it was true. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 23, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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At Mind Matters News 2. A neurosurgeon’s ten proofs for the existence of God

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
In a lively debate at Theology Unleashed, Christian surgeon Michael Egnor and atheist broadcaster Matt Dillahunty clash over “Does God exist?” Egnor starts off is opening arguments. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 23, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Darwinism’s legacy of confusion in biology

Denyse O'Leary
September 23, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Miller quotes, “Indeed the language of neo-Darwinism is so careless that the words ‘divine plan’ can be substituted for ‘selection pressure’ in any popular work in the biological literature without the slightest disruption in the logical flow of argument. – Robert G. B. Reid, Biological Emergences: Evolution by Natural Experiment, Pp. 37-38” That’s a devastating indictment, given that the whole point of Darwinism was to demonstrate that life could come into existence purely by random processes. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, theism
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At Mind Matters News: Debate: Former atheist neurosurgeon vs. former Christian activist

Denyse O'Leary
September 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, theism
In a lively debate at Theology Unleashed, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and broadcaster Matt Dillahunty clash over the existence of God. Each gets a chance to state his case and interrogate the other. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 22, 2021
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder asks, what’s up with neutrinos?

Denyse O'Leary
September 22, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Hossenfelder has stumbled on a telling fact about science journalism. Often, the genuinely puzzling problem is ignored in favour of some a big whoop de do about an incidental find that doesn’t amount to much and may prove an artifact of data collection. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 21, 2021
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Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Rob Sheldon: “It from bit” is winning the cosmology wars

Denyse O'Leary
September 21, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
Sheldon: Translating, Ethan is saying that the old 20th century materialism that says "entropy" or "information" emerges from the particles is being replaced by a 21st century view that "entropy" or "information" is fundamental and the material particles emerge from the immaterial field. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 21, 2021
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Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Can there be a general theory for fine-tuning?

Denyse O'Leary
September 21, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
Swedish mathematician Ola Hössjer, who is working on a general theory of fine tuning, sees the beauty of mathematics in the fact that seemingly unrelated features in cosmology and biology can be modeled using similar concepts. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
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At The Ness: Science is not Just Philosophy

Denyse O'Leary
September 21, 2021
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Philosophy, Science
Wait. If atheist neurologist blogger Steven Novella is right, the science presenters in media must be speaking a different language from the rest of us. The impression that he says they don’t convey (“insight into the ultimate nature of reality”), they in fact do — by a variety of means. That’s okay, of course, until the whipped cream hits the fan. Read More ›