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Denyse O'Leary
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October 14, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Our enterprising ancestors’ version of canned soup, 400 kya

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October 14, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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"We show for the first time in our study that 420,000 to 200,000 years ago, prehistoric humans at Qesem Cave were sophisticated enough, intelligent enough and talented enough to know that it was possible to preserve particular bones of animals under specific conditions, and, when necessary, remove the skin, crack the bone and eat the bone marrow," Prof. Gopher explains Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 14, 2019
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
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Bacteria thrive via non-Darwinian “survival of the friendliest”

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October 14, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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"In the classic Darwinian mindset, competition is the name of the game. The best suited survive and outcompete those less well suited. However, when it comes to microorganisms like bacteria, our findings reveal the most cooperative ones survive," explains Department of Biology microbiologist, Professor Søren Johannes Sørensen. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 13, 2019
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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Nathaniel Comfort, fresh off an op-ed in Nature, skewers pop Darwinian Steven Pinker

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October 13, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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It’s getting so that Darwinians are being treated like ordinary folk who could actually be wrong about some things. What is the world coming to? Where is Queen Umpadeedle when they need her? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 13, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Naturalism
Origin Of Life
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Real science vs pseudoscience—according to pop science

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October 13, 2019
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Origin Of Life
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Davis goes on to identify exploded science theories, for example, spontaneous generation of life. But stop, wait! The very doctrine of the natural origin of life from inanimate materials teaches precisely this. Is Davis saying that the one true doctrine of naturalism on the subject is wrong? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 13, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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Nathan Lents plugs Joshua Swamidass’s book on Adam and Eve at USA Today

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October 13, 2019
Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Actually, it would make way more sense to take Adam and Eve seriously than to take the multiverse seriously, as many atheists do. Everyone is familiar with the type of human behavior Adam and Eve are said to have engaged in. No one knows what a universe that literally makes no sense would be like. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 13, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Talking to a computer? Marks and Montañez offer tips on how to tell

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October 13, 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Robert J. Marks: It’s always easy to determine if you are talking to a computer or a human. You can just ask them to compute the square root of 30 or something because a human would take a while to get the square root of thirty … Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 12, 2019
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Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
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At Scientific American: We did find life on Mars in the ‘70s. Rob Sheldon weighs in

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October 12, 2019
Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Levin: When the Viking Molecular Analysis Experiment failed to detect organic matter, the essence of life, however, NASA concluded that the LR had found a substance mimicking life, but not life. Inexplicably, over the 43 years since Viking, none of NASA’s subsequent Mars landers has carried a life detection instrument to follow up on these exciting results. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 11, 2019
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Darwinism
Design inference
Information
Intelligent Design
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Do Jeffrey Shallit’s writings offer more information than a blank page?

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October 11, 2019
Darwinism, Design inference, Information, Intelligent Design
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Michael Egnor wonders whether that’s true. But he faces the difficulty of convincing anti-ID mathematician Jeffrey Shallit, that HE, at least, ought to think they do. Read More ›