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Denyse O'Leary
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July 25, 2020
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Animal minds
Intelligent Design
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Asked at Mind Matters News: But, in the end, did the chimpanzee really talk?

News
July 25, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, language
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The Smithsonian article tells us a good deal about the motivations of those who, essentially, see bonobos not as apes in need of protection but, to judge from their rhetoric, as something like an oppressed people. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 25, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence
Biology
Medicine
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Is human biology too complicated for humans to understand?

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July 25, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Medicine
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Craig Mundie’s dream is to build an AI that rivals human intellect to tackle problems in health care. He hopes to be able to customize medicine for every person by building a virtual proxy for every person. It’s almost like he is asking for biology to play tricks on him… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 24, 2020
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Cell biology
Intelligent Design
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Researchers have discovered more about the tiny packages cells use to move molecules around

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July 24, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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From Florida State: They also showed that the clathrin coat could make a so-called "basket" shape, and one that scientists had thought the protein could not form, showing that clathrin assembly is more complicated than previously thought. ... "We found new structures and patterns that really surprised us." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 24, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience
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Researchers: Neurons are programmed for long life, not like other cells

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July 24, 2020
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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From UCal Riverside: The study, published in the journal Neuron, identifies a mechanism the researchers say is triggered at neuron birth to intrinsically decrease a general form of cell death — or “apoptosis” — specifically in neurons. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 24, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Media
Multiverse
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Multiverse physicist Max Tegmark switches gears; seeks AI to combat “news bias”

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July 24, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Media, Multiverse
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Readers may recall him from the four levels of multiverse he advocated in Scientific American in 2003. But forget that. He now thinks there is too much bias in American media and he is working on an AI program to combat it Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 23, 2020
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Cambrian explosion
Intelligent Design
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Have Darwinians lost another excuse re the unDarwinian Cambrian Explosion?

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July 23, 2020
Cambrian explosion, Intelligent Design
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Somebody should invent software for them, maybe called ExcusePro. They just need to set the app to Cambrian Explosion and AI will come up with thousands of excuses in a split second.l They can just keep peeling them off, as needed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 22, 2020
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Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Released: Largest All Sky Map Ever

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July 22, 2020
Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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From Sloan: “Only with maps like ours can you actually say for sure that there is a mismatch in the Hubble Constant,” says Eva-Maria Mueller of the University of Oxford, who led the analysis to interpret the results from the full SDSS sample. “These newest maps from eBOSS show it more clearly than ever before.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 22, 2020
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger, a big Social Darwinist, gets canceled, more info

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July 22, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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The thing is, they could have addressed it all decades ago. One can only wonder why they didn’t. Perhaps they thought they could get away with ridiculing the growing numbers of people who knew. Read More ›