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Denyse O'Leary
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February 9, 2022
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At Mind Matters News: The Philosopher’s Zombie Still Walks and Physics Can’t Explain It

News
February 9, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy
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The “zombie” argument does what it is supposed to do: Shows that consciousness, the motivating force in our lives, is not really a material thing. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2022
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Culture
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Politics has invaded the world of human fossil analysis

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February 9, 2022
Culture, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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At Areo: "Perhaps the most well-known example of the politicization of ancient DNA studies is the long legal battle for control of the remains of Kennewick Man, which were found in Washington State in 1996. Based on skull shape—the best evidence available at the time—scientists initially inferred that his most probable ancestry was European. Local Native American groups sued to have his remains reburied without further analysis under a 1990 US federal law..." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 9, 2022
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Canada
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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Truckers to government: We are not your lab rats any more

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February 9, 2022
Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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The last word in elite cluelessness belongs to Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson: “It’s disturbing when you see the protest turning into what looks like some kind of a fun carnival, where they’ve got bouncy castles and hot tubs and saunas, a complete insult to the people who are putting up with this nonsense for the last seven days, and it shows a great deal of insensitivity,” ... Mr. Watson, kids - who are not at significant risk via COVID - have been in elite progressive COVID-19 jail for years. Soon, other parents are also going to get red-pilled and start liberating their kids from Trust the Science! jail. And trust them to think they have the right to ask some hard questions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 8, 2022
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Excerpt from Richard Weikart’s new book, Darwinian Racism

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February 8, 2022
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Weikart: "An 18-year-old white nationalist, Eric Harris, donned a shirt emblazoned with “Natural Selection” before heading off to high school. For weeks he had been preparing a special event in honor of the Führer. Together with a co-conspirator, Dylan Klebold, he planted a bomb in the Columbine High School cafeteria." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2022
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Canada
Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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The police swoop in Ottawa: The Constitution? Old news now

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February 7, 2022
Canada, Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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“Trust the science!” is starting to show its totalitarian face in Canada — but, as they slowly learn the facts, citizens are standing their ground, From the comments: “Canadians: ‘Be polite when you are being arrested.’ u guys rock!” (Sure, commenter. Canada belongs to the people of Canada. And this is how free people fight back. Serfs, by contrast, destroy things and attack people because they have no stake in a free and prosperous society.) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 7, 2022
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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The cost of silencing science debate: Subjective science

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February 7, 2022
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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A vaccine research scientist from mainland China discusses the cost of authoritarianism in science. One consequence is that those who seek to provide non-approved but defensible information are vilified and persecuted, to protect the Official Story by which many prosper, though the public as a whole may be harmed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2022
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Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Historian Richard Weikart helps talk show maven Whoopi Goldberg understand why the Holocaust WAS about race

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February 7, 2022
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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Weikart is not trying to Cancel Goldberg; rather, he thinks there are some things she (and perhaps most people) don’t clearly understand about the Holocaust. First, to the Nazis — whatever anyone else may think — it WAS about race. Weikart goes onto explain in considerable detail that the on-the-ground interpretation of Darwinism underlay this development. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 6, 2022
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Intelligent Design
Multiverse
Philosophy
Science
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Can the Higgs boson give believers their multiverse? Shot and chaser

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February 6, 2022
Intelligent Design, Multiverse, Philosophy, Science
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The obvious difficulty is that the multiverse drags in inconceivable complexity in order to solve comparatively common, minor issues of the sort that science always faces. People don’t think of that approach as a solution unless they have a vested philosophical and emotional interest in the idea. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 6, 2022
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Design inference
Extraterrestrial life
Intelligent Design
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Isn’t the famous Drake Equation a sort of design filter for intelligence?

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February 6, 2022
Design inference, Extraterrestrial life, Intelligent Design
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Whatever the fate of current ET detection projects, a Design Filter like design theorist William Dembski’s beats squabbling about the probability without collecting any data. Read More ›