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Denyse O'Leary
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May 22, 2021
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Barack Obama implies, maybe, keep the space alien thing going…

Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2021
Culture, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
Say what you want, the aliens are good for the cultural fluff news business, whether they exist or not. Better, on the whole, if they don't. Just like if you own an inn and you can somehow get a reputation for it that it is haunted, you'll get lots of free publicity (= advertising). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 22, 2021
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At Science: Water bears most likely did not survive a crash land on the moon

Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2021
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
What impact does the test have on panspermia, the hypothesis that life might travel between planets via comets? "some parts of a meteorite impacting Earth or Mars would experience lower shock pressures that a tardigrade could live through, Traspas says." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Big (?) Surprise: Cool, glitzy papers less likely to be replicated

Denyse O'Leary
May 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, Peer review
Of course. The papers that are unlikely to be replicated are mostly going to be stuff that people want and need to believe that isn’t necessarily so. Or not demonstrated via the sources that gave rise to the paper, anyway. To begin any kind of serious analysis, we would need to classify the papers by general theme and general drift. That might give us a picture of what type of finding is too readily believed. But is it a picture anyone wants? Who, that has any say in the process, can really afford it? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 21, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Attack on Darwinism at AAAS’s flagship mag “Science” re racism and sexism

Denyse O'Leary
May 21, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Let’s pass over the question of why Cool People never noticed that stuff about Charles Darwin for nearly a century and a half. Noticing now? Good. Then what does Agustín Fuentes suppose should replace Darwinism? A war on science? A war on math? A war on people who think getting right answers is a good thing? What's supposed to be the next step? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 20, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Timely reminder from the New Atlantis that you are not Galileo

Denyse O'Leary
May 20, 2021
Intelligent Design
A new book on Galileo thumps the tub for “science,” with predictable results, says a reviewer. Aw, even Galileo wasn’t "Galileo," for crying out loud. And science isn’t well served by uncritical fans of the concept itself, apart from day-to-day realities. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 20, 2021
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Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Bill Dembski on what John Archibald Wheeler got right and wrong about “it from bit”

Denyse O'Leary
May 20, 2021
Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
Dembski agrees that the universe is, at bottom, information but proposes “informational realism” as a sounder approach to unpacking the idea. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 19, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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New! Speakers/topics for the Linnean Society’s meeting on teleonomy vs. teleology, May 28 and 29 online

Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Come to think of it, how come every life form avoids or flees predators but life as a whole is not supposed to show any sense of purpose? Um... Can we TALK about this? Read More ›