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2021

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 5, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Putting all those monkeys on a raft once again…

News
November 5, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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At ENST: It would have been convenient for evolutionists if Africa and South America had split after monkeys had evolved, but they didn’t. This left them with klutzy explanations of how Old World monkeys evolved in Africa after the split, and then got to South America to become New World monkeys. [Reading this stuff helps us sympathize with King Kong. When he finally does get to New York…] Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 5, 2021
Categories
Big Bang
Intelligent Design
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At CNN: The Problem with the Big Bang Theory

News
November 5, 2021
Big Bang, Intelligent Design
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The story is really about the fact that inflation theory — way Cooler than the Big Bang — was not especially confirmed. Get this: it's important to remember that "there are no sacred cows in science, and scientists are always checking and rechecking even their favorite universal models.” – Don Lincoln Really, Don? Try doubting that humans are responsible for global warming and watch the herd of sacred cows stampede… Read More ›
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post
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 5, 2021
Categories
Animal minds
Intelligent Design
language
Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Can AI help us talk to whales? Maybe. But then what?

News
November 5, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, language, Mind
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In the real world, if we succeed in communicating with whales, it will be much like communicating successfully with dogs, cats, and horses. None of them are furry people. Whales are not blubbery people either. They won’t bring us closer to understanding what sets humans apart than dogs will. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 4, 2021
Categories
Books of interest
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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New book focuses on animal intelligence as not product of pure randomness

News
November 4, 2021
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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"[H]ow did these embedded programs arise in the history of life? There’s the problem for evolutionists. “Specified complexity, irreducible complexity, and the Cambrian explosion are inexplicable from a Darwinian viewpoint,” comments Baylor University computer engineer and intelligent design theorist Robert J. Marks. “In this book, Cassell masterfully adds animal algorithms to the list.” Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 3, 2021
Categories
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Gunter Bechly on the discontinuous fossil record

News
November 3, 2021
Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Bechly: “Darwin’s doubt” did not get smaller over time but bigger, and if he were still alive, he would likely agree that the evidence simply does not add up, since he was much more prudent than many of his modern followers. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 2, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Medicine
Naturalism
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Jerry Coyne on Cancel Culture’s hit on medical science

News
November 2, 2021
Intelligent Design, Medicine, Naturalism
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The new terminology would make it hard for most family doctors to talk plainly about typical health issues around, say, obesity or substance abuse very clearly. One doesn’t get the impression from the Woke rhetoric that the patient can decide to make changes that lead to better health. Yet people in all social groups do that every day. Anyway, Coyne is way more useful fighting this than fighting design in nature. Read More ›