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Denyse O'Leary
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February 12, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Our spinal cords are smarter than previously thought

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February 12, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Intelligent spine? Intelligent design? It’s getting to the point that everything in the system of life is intelligent except the system itself—which is supposed to have come about randomly. Which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 12, 2019
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Intelligent Design
stasis
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Malaria mosquito found in amber from 100 million years ago

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February 12, 2019
Intelligent Design, stasis
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The previous “earliest” record was from a fossil dated to 15 to 20 million years ago but what we don’t yet know is, did the mosquito then have the relationship it now has with the malaria parasite plasmodium? It’s a complex relationship, apparently. That could shed light on theories around evolution and strategies around malaria. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 11, 2019
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Books of interest
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Swamidass et al’s hit review at Science on Behe’s forthcoming Darwin Devolves “borders on fraud”

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February 11, 2019
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Well, somebody out there must think Behe worth hearing. At 8:00 pm EST February 11, 2019, the book was #1 in Developmental Biology. Ships on February 26. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 11, 2019
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'Junk DNA'
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience
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Are there “dark” neurons in the brain left over from a “Jurassic Park” past?

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February 11, 2019
'Junk DNA', Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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Notice that the neurons aren’t being called “junk neurons,” as in the exploded concept of vast libraries of “junk DNA.” Quite the contrary, they are given the somewhat glamorous cachet of “dark" neurons, as in “dark matter.” Perhaps something has been learned from the collapse of the concept of “junk DNA.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 11, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Peer review
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Amazing! Science journal op-ed gets real about why so many people don’t “trust science”

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February 11, 2019
Intelligent Design, Peer review
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Researcher: As a scientist and an organizer of this conference, I had walked into the planning of this meeting with my own frustrations and preconceptions about “science denial,” and how to fix it. On the day of the event I cautioned the audience that they should prepare to have their assumptions challenged, because after immersing myself in the field I had thrown all of mine away. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 11, 2019
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Evolution
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Taming the silver fox, taming ourselves…? Oh, please…

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February 11, 2019
Evolution, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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The idea that we humans “tamed ourselves” over the generations, on the face of it, it fails a logical test. Who decided that that was a good idea? Who created the benchmark? Why? Why didn’t the bonobos do it? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 10, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
Video

John Lennox vs Peter Atkins: Can science explain everything?

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February 10, 2019
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science, Video
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From Unbelievable?: Can we answer all life’s questions using the scientific method? Unbelievable? presenter Justin Brierley chairs a live dialogue between Oxford professors John LennoxJohn Lennox and Peter Atkins followed by audience Q&A. See also: Where Did The Laws Of Nature Come From?: Astrophysicist Hugh Ross vs Chemist Peter Atkins (2018) and Mathematician John Lennox Asks, Is Information Evidence Of Something Beyond Nature? Follow UD News at Twitter!

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 10, 2019
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
Multiverse
Philosophy

What would a multiverse really be like?

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February 10, 2019
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Philosophy
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The multiverse is not a logical deduction from the state of our universe. It is an attempt to short circuit discussion of apparent fine-tuning by appealing to the idea that no conclusions can be drawn because there is an infinite series we do not know about. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 9, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Researchers: Life didn’t just hang on but throve 3.5 billion years ago

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February 9, 2019
Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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The microbes that metabolized practically anything back then just to stay alive didn’t appear to want to do much else. Yes, it’s an old question why they didn’t (couldn’t?) Or maybe they even did. But based on the history of the last half-billion years, there should be an answer. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2019
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Cell biology
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Life form’s environment is so extreme it has never been cultivated in a laboratory

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February 9, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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The more we know, the more insights we can have, sure. But it’s not always clear what specific things truly extreme life forms can tell us about the more common ones. Maybe the message is more general, that life forms try their hardest to survive every circumstance. But what is it they have that rocks don’t? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 9, 2019
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Cell biology
Intelligent Design
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Researchers: How the immune system “thinks”

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February 9, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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They can say that “thinks” is “just an image” if they like. But at what point does it become clear that somehow something must have been doing something that we would normally describe as thinking or else this wouldn’t be happening. Read More ›