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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 9, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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Robert J. Marks: Some infinities are bigger than others but there’s no biggest one

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July 9, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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In Marks’s view, infinity is a beautiful — and provable — theory in math that can’t exist in reality without ludicrous consequences. (Thus the immaterial human mind is capable of creating things that don’t exist in material reality.) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 7, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Mind
Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Human brain has many more language connections than chimp brain

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July 7, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Among the many differences between the human brain and other animal brains is the role of the arcuate fasciculus that connects lobes of the brain. If we are really 99 percent chimpanzee, as some claim, it doesn’t appear to be showing up in the brain. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 6, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence
Evolution
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Robert J. Marks on “machines with minds” vs. the real-life dweebs in his evolutionary programming:

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July 6, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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A machine mind didn’t “just evolve” in this experiment; it was programmed in — even if its output was a surprise. The same is likely true of the human mind. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 6, 2022
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Academic Freedom
Intelligent Design
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New university in Texas, aiming to restore scholarly debate, surviving so far

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July 6, 2022
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design
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From a university trying out intellectual freedom: "The disarming power of culture was palpable. Students who had learned to hold their tongues in college classrooms poured forth their souls once the cork of wariness was unstopped. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 6, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Mind
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Robert J. Marks: 4. How Almost All Numbers Can Encode the Library of Congress

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July 6, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Mind
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Re math: Almost every number between zero and one, randomly chosen by coin flipping, will at some point contain the binary encoding of the Library of Congress. That’s why infinity is a concept in math but not in the real world. Note: You should ask, how do we come to have concepts that are not part of the real world? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 4, 2022
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Big Bang
Intelligent Design
Logic and Reason
Mathematics
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At Mind Matters News: 2. Infinity illustrates that the universe has a beginning

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July 4, 2022
Big Bang, Intelligent Design, Logic and Reason, Mathematics
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The absurdities that an infinite past time would create, while not a definitive mathematical proof, are solid evidence that our universe had a beginning. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 4, 2022
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Creationism
Intelligent Design
Laws
science education
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At Panda’s Thumb: Worry that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule for creationism

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July 4, 2022
Creationism, Intelligent Design, Laws, science education
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For some, tormenting themselves with this stuff probably seems to make more sense than confronting the fact that Darwinism (which is generally what they mean by “evolution”) isn’t as widely believed as it used to be within biology. Never mind what a judge thinks should be taught to kids in school. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2022
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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At Mind Matters News: Can we eliminate the idea of function from the study of life?

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July 3, 2022
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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The term “function” in life forms is linked historically with the idea that life forms show evidence of design. Therefore, philosopher Emmanuel Ratti and molecular biologist Pierre-Luc Germain argue, biologists shouldn’t use it ... The problem with their position is not that it is opposed to intelligent design theory but that it is in conflict with the self-evident nature of life forms. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Media
Medicine
Science
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Remember when the lab-leak theory of COVID-19 was “just a conspiracy theory”?

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July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Science
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Matt Ridley: We don’t say this virus definitely jumped out of a laboratory, but we do say that if there is one city in the world where a laboratory leak of a novel SARS-like virus from bats would be most likely to happen, it would be Wuhan. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Physics
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At Mind Matters News: Why free will is philosophically and scientifically sound

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July 3, 2022
Intelligent Design, Physics
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Takehome: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor points out that, though free will may be unpopular with atheist thinkers like biologist Darwinian evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne, science doesn’t refute it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2022
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Books of interest
Intelligent Design
Religion
Science
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At Socrates in the City: Eric Metaxas and Stephen Meyer Tackle Science and God

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July 3, 2022
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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Meyer is author of "The Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries that Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe." Eric Metaxas is a radio talk show host and author of Is Atheism Dead? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 2, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Mind
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At Mind Matters News: The Software of the Gaps: An excerpt from Non-Computable You

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July 2, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Robert J. Marks reminds us of the tale of the boy who dug through a pile of manure because he was sure that … underneath all that poop, there MUST surely be a pony! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 2, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Mind
Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: The human brain has neural networks not found in lab mice

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July 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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In a just-published study that he led, the researchers examined human tissue removed by neurosurgeons during operations. Studying it, they discover neuron networks (connectomes) unknown in mouse brains... The interesting part is that this network exists mainly in order to silence other neurons... Read More ›