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Denyse O'Leary
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April 29, 2021
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'Junk DNA'
Genomics
Intelligent Design
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Project to map 70,000 vertebrate genomes already turning up more bad news for “junk DNA”

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April 29, 2021
'Junk DNA', Genomics, Intelligent Design
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Also: “The work revealed that the last surviving kākāpō population, isolated on an island off New Zealand for the last 10,000 years, has somehow purged deleterious mutations, despite the species' low genetic diversity.” Hmm. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 29, 2021
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Cosmology
Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Do antimatter stars anti-twinkle?

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April 29, 2021
Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Before we worry too much about the fate of the Standard Model of the universe, it’s worth noting that we are also told that it would be “extremely difficult” to prove that a star is really an anti-star. It’s mainly just an intriguing idea at this point. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 28, 2021
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Media
Naturalism
Racism
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Genetic Literacy Project tackles Critical Race Theory

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April 28, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Racism
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The problem with Whittle’s long, thoughtful, and informative piece is that he seems determined to be reasonable and make sense. In the age of the war on math and the war on science, the Twitter mob is the new sanity and acting out is evidence of Virtue. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 28, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
language
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Why are statements about “evolution” so often just filler?

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April 28, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language
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Laszlo Bencze: "If you say, "Most people prefer vanilla ice cream," you've just made a trivial claim of no great significance. But if you say, "People have evolved to prefer vanilla ice cream," well now you've made an insightful and fascinating statement backed by years of scientific research, no doubt about it." Well, if they can’t have the cattle, they are going to insist on the Big Hat, right? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 28, 2021
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Convergent evolution
Intelligent Design
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Interesting finding: COVID-19 populations show high convergent evolution

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April 28, 2021
Convergent evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: We find that two particular mutation rates, G →U and C →U, are similarly elevated and considerably higher than all other mutation rates, causing the majority of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and are possibly the result of APOBEC and ROS activity. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 27, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Rob Sheldon offers some thoughts on Richard Dawkins getting canceled by the American Humanist Association

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April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Sheldon: Dawkins was part of the cancel culture 30 years ago "Christianity is like smallpox only harder to eradicate". So the fact that the cancel culture turns on its own, is not surprising. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 27, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Planned Parenthood now denouncing Margaret Sanger — a bit late maybe

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April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Cancel Culture is basically fascism, tweeted. But the way Darwinism and Social Darwinism sponsored racism — because in that scheme of things, someone always needs to be the lesser human — should have been dealt with a long time ago. There are certainly plenty of other reasons for doubting Darwin and denouncing Sanger today. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 26, 2021
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Academic Freedom
Atheism
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins deplatformed by American Humanist Association — but who retains AHA awards?

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April 26, 2021
Academic Freedom, Atheism, Intelligent Design
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Soave: "The AHA gave Humanist of the Year awards to the author and activist Alice Walker—who promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories—and also to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood who promoted eugenics and white supremacy. Sanger's legacy is so complicated that her own organization is currently disowning her." Apparently, Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker, also AHA award winners, have written an open letter, asking the AHA to reverse course. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
theism
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Orwell’s 1984 as an argument for God’s existence

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, theism
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Atheism is not only fundamental to the Party’s power but is also its central weakness: If there is evidence for any higher power in the universe, the Party cannot be what it claims. Objective reality, apart from the Party’s version, then certainly exists. Read More ›