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2021

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 2, 2021
Categories
Artificial Intelligence
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Eric Holloway: Is AI the next stage of evolution?

News
March 2, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Holloway: The complex organization of energy we humans see around us in our verdant fertile nest is enormously atypical. This fundamental law drives right through the heart of any technology, genetic or otherwise, that we might invent … Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 1, 2021
Categories
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
Origin Of Life
science education
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NASA stresses naturalist origin of life to kids

News
March 1, 2021
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Origin Of Life, science education
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Example: In response to a question re space aliens, "“The question presumes that aliens do exist. And again, because we haven’t found any yet, we don’t know if they do. It is possible they may exist, for one simple reason: we exist. Whatever made the likes of bacteria evolve into complex bodies with intelligent brains on Earth may have also occurred on another planet.” Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 1, 2021
Categories
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
language
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Researchers: Neanderthals could speak like other humans

News
March 1, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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Researchers: “Most previous studies of Neandertal speech capacities focused on their ability to produce the main vowels in English spoken language. However, we feel this emphasis is misplaced, since the use of consonants is a way to include more information in the vocal signal and it also separates human speech and language from the communication patterns in nearly all other primates." Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 28, 2021
Categories
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
theism
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Wintery Knight asks: Can one believe in both God and Darwinian evolution?

News
February 28, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, theism
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Matheson now blogs at (but, of course) Peaceful Science where he describes himself as a “secular humanist” (August 3, 2020). All of which raises a question: Do people embrace Darwinism and then lose their faith? Or is it more like this: Darwinism is a convenient and socially acceptable explanation for loss of faith, which may also have other roots? Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 27, 2021
Categories
Exoplanets
Extraterrestrial life
Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
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One theory about why we don’t see extraterrestrials provides support for Earth as a privileged planet

News
February 27, 2021
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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If intelligent life forms are trapped in the interior oceans of rocky moons and planets, Earth is a special planet—much better suited to space exploration. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 27, 2021
Categories
Exoplanets
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
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Astrophysicist: If there really are extraterrestrials, what difference would it make?

News
February 27, 2021
Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Scharf: "Eventually it might all just be a bit of a relief. We’ll neither be alone, nor surrounded by anything particularly extraordinary. Copernican mediocrity will be somewhat restored, and we can go back to worrying about everything else that can go wrong on our speck of rock and water as it sails through the cosmos." Read More ›