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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2021
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
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Hitchhiker’s Guide author’s “puddle” argument against fine-tuning — and a response

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April 25, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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It's a good argument. But in reality, any argument against fine-tuning will be accepted, whether it makes sense or not. It is only the defenders of a rational universe who need to make sense. And that’s not for the other guy; it’s for you. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Fazale Rana: Isn’t Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb’s using design detection to claim Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft?

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design
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Fazale Rana: Loeb’s work affirms a point that I (and others) have repeatedly made. Science has the toolkit to detect the work of agency in nature. To put it another way, Loeb’s thesis demonstrates that detection of intelligent design in nature is legitimately part of the construct of science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Religion
Science
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Some thoughts from Richard Feynman on science and religion

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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Feynman: These scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged simply as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems to be inadequate. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 24, 2021
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Evolution
Exoplanets
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
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Is there a law of evolution? Can it predict what aliens would be like?

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April 24, 2021
Evolution, Exoplanets, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Kershenbaum wipes out, unfortunately, when he tries to claim that human culture is genetically based. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 24, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
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William Dembski: Why computers will likely never perform abductive inferences

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April 24, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design
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Computers require complete data to come to a correct conclusion but humans often work very well with incomplete data. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 23, 2021
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Oxford theoretical physicist laments discipline’s stalemate

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April 23, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Ferreira: We’re no closer to answering the big questions about dark matter, dark energy and the origins of the Universe than when I started out. This isn’t for lack of trying, and a titanic effort is now underway to try and figure out all these mysterious aspects of the Universe. But there’s no guarantee we’ll succeed, and we might end up never really grasping how the Universe works. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 23, 2021
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horizontal gene transfer
Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Horizontal (lateral) gene transfer among grasses is widespread

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April 23, 2021
horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Overall, we showed that LGT is a widespread phenomenon in grasses that has moved functional genes across the grass family into domesticated and wild species alike. Successful LGTs appear to increase with both opportunity and compatibility. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 22, 2021
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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“Ultra light bosons” explanation for dark matter doesn’t pan out either

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April 22, 2021
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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At Universe Today: So once again, a search for dark matter has shown us not what dark matter is, but what it isn’t. It’s extremely frustrating, and potentially exciting because we are quickly running out of options for dark matter. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 22, 2021
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horizontal gene transfer
Intelligent Design
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Giant corpse flower has lost most of its genes, grabbed some from its plant hosts

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April 22, 2021
horizontal gene transfer, Intelligent Design
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At Quanta: "Davis’ team estimated that at least 1.2% of the plant’s genes came from other species, particularly its hosts, past and present. That might not sound impressive, but this kind of horizontal gene transfer is considered exceptionally rare outside of bacteria. So even a single percent of genes arising this way raises eyebrows." Researchers are still trying to figure out why the parasitic plant has such a huge genome. Commendably, they are not claiming it’s all junk. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 22, 2021
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Biologist tackles “evolution” and racism with commendable zeal…

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April 22, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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... but varying results. The awkward problem with Smith's approach is that, to most people, evolution means Darwinism, period. And until comparatively recently, the “less evolved” stuff was what Darwin’s followers genuinely did believe. It wasn’t an extrapolation, it was part of their global belief system — as it was of Darwin’s. It’s no use looking hither and yon for how that “less evolved” idea got started. At one time, racism was based on a variety of folklore grounds; Darwin came along and made it sound scientific. Read More ›