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Denyse O'Leary
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November 21, 2020
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Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Mike Behe on Genetic and Biological Truth & Myth

Denyse O'Leary
November 21, 2020
Books of interest, Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
This is in connection, of course, with his new book, A Mousetrap for Darwin: Michael J. Behe Answers His Critics which, by the way, is: Best Sellers Rank: #7,155 in Kindle Store 2 in Biochemistry Science 4 in Biochemistry (Books) 4 in Evolution (Kindle Store)It’s nice to see that, in a world largely deformed by Cancel Culture, some people still love a good debate. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 29, 2020
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Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Book by classical philosopher of design in nature is now available after 200 years

Denyse O'Leary
September 29, 2020
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
At Amazon: The Lectures on Natural Theology were not included in the ten-volume Edinburgh Edition of Reid's collected works. Moreover, while two earlier editions of these lectures exist, both contain serious mistakes of transcription and annotation. For these reasons, this carefully revised edition of this important text fills an important gap in the literature. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 13, 2020
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Academic Freedom, Books of interest, Culture, Intelligent Design
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A fond remembrance of the 2005 book, “On Bullsh*t”

Denyse O'Leary
September 13, 2020
Academic Freedom, Books of interest, Culture, Intelligent Design
Gunderman: As discourse moves from television to Twitter, it can be further degraded into mere flamboyance. What matters is no longer speaking the truth but simply attracting and holding attention. Getting it right gives way to getting noticed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 8, 2020
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Forrest Mims honored in dedication of new electronics book

Denyse O'Leary
September 8, 2020
Academic Freedom, Books of interest, Intelligent Design
Readers may recall that Forrest M. Mims III, despite his gifts in electronics and citizen science, was denied a column in Scientific American because he was not a Darwinist or a supporter of live baby dismemberment. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 5, 2020
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Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Michael Flannery’s book on Alfred Russel Wallace has been revised and updated

Denyse O'Leary
September 5, 2020
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Wallace, as Darwin’s co-theorist, disappeared because he was not useful to the cause of naturalism. We’ll try to help make sure he doesn’t disappear again. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 19, 2020
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Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Excerpt from new ID book: Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell

Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2020
Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Anderson: To my surprise, Dawkins responded rather glibly that we have a pretty good idea how life started. Yes, there are some challenges, he acknowledged, but... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 4, 2020
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Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Terry Scambray: A review of Mike Flannery’s book, Nature’s Prophet, on Alfred Russel Wallace

Denyse O'Leary
April 4, 2020
Books of interest, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
(Wallace, Darwin-s co-theorist, was a working-class stiff whom Darwin’s set elbowed out. He was not a materialist (naturalist) and he thought evolution could be consistent with meaning and spirituality. Darwin abhorred such ideas. This review was originally published at New Oxford Review.) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 23, 2020
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Books of interest, Intelligent Design
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Straw in the wind? Get a load of the insightful review of a string theorist’s Big Book at Nature

Denyse O'Leary
February 23, 2020
Books of interest, Intelligent Design
In sharp contrast with the classic slobbering review at Time of string theorist Brian Greene’s new book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe (Penguin 2020), , which resurrects mid-twentieth century attempts to undermine traditional religions via schlock science religion, the Nature reviewer is not impressed. (Kiddos, that was back when Time Magazine mattered, as did newsprint in general.) By contrast, Philip Ball at nature appears appropriately skeptical. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 23, 2020
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Books of interest, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Religion
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String theorist’s philosophy of life – Time’s reviewer laps it up

Denyse O'Leary
February 23, 2020
Books of interest, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Religion
Some reviewers almost make us forget that string theory was supposed to be science, not religion. Get a load of this review of string theorist Brian Greene’s new book, Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe (Penguin 2020) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 15, 2020
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Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Reformers of evolutionary biology publish book of essays, exploring views, disagreements

Denyse O'Leary
February 15, 2020
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
It’s encouraging that the reformers are allowed to disagree on some matters. That makes biology seem more like a discipline and less like a fanatical religion. Which brings us to the “more traditionalist camp in evolutionary biology” (the heirs of Darwin). It would be remarkable indeed if, as reviewer Svensson hopes, they could acknowledge disagreements candidly. Wouldn’t they end up having to try to get each others’ publishers to reject journal articles and cancel book contracts? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 7, 2020
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Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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At Nature: Worries aired about “truth decay”, Rob Sheldon responds

Denyse O'Leary
February 7, 2020
Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Sheldon: What is really evident in this essay, is not the "truth decay" of today's scientists (a separate issue) but the political weaponization of what should be neutral scientific models. Read More ›