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Denyse O'Leary
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May 21, 2021
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Attack on Darwinism at AAAS’s flagship mag “Science” re racism and sexism

Denyse O'Leary
May 21, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Let’s pass over the question of why Cool People never noticed that stuff about Charles Darwin for nearly a century and a half. Noticing now? Good. Then what does Agustín Fuentes suppose should replace Darwinism? A war on science? A war on math? A war on people who think getting right answers is a good thing? What's supposed to be the next step? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 19, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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New! Speakers/topics for the Linnean Society’s meeting on teleonomy vs. teleology, May 28 and 29 online

Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
Come to think of it, how come every life form avoids or flees predators but life as a whole is not supposed to show any sense of purpose? Um... Can we TALK about this? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 9, 2021
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Sheffield University: Darwin ruled “problematic” figure due to racism

Denyse O'Leary
May 9, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Author William Cole emphasizes Darwin’s opposition to slavery but one of his quoted experts puts that in perspective: “Professor James Moore, a biographer of Darwin, told The Telegraph: 'Almost everyone in Darwin's day was "racist" in 21st century terms, not only scientists and naturalists but even anti-slavery campaigners and abolitionists.” Of course. There’s no reason why a racist couldn’t also be a passionate abolitionist. Whatever a person may believe about human equality, slavery is a corrupting influence on any society. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 9, 2021
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Religion
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BioLogos hosts Stephen Meyer to talk about his new book, Return of the God Hypothesis

Denyse O'Leary
May 9, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Religion
Readers may recall Biologos as a theistic evolution confab, founded by, among others, genome mapper Francis Collins. Here’s both a podcast and transcript of an interview with Steve Meyer on The Return of the God Hypothesis. BioLogos Vice President Jim Stump is the host. There's even a guide to the episode. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 7, 2021
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Animal minds, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Kin selection? The selfish gene? Researchers ponder why animals adopt other species’ orphans

Denyse O'Leary
May 7, 2021
Animal minds, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Human exceptionalism is never more obvious than when humans are offering rational-sounding arguments against it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 5, 2021
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Re design in nature: New AAAS head says… What? Follow the… evidence?

Denyse O'Leary
May 5, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Science
Of course, Dr. Parikh may be forced to clarify and qualify, to make clear that Darwinism, however implausible in the light of new evidence, occupies a special position as the single greatest idea anyone ever had. But if he even put on the table the idea of following the evidence instead of the demand for assent, he can't just take it back with no one noticing. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 28, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language
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Why are statements about “evolution” so often just filler?

Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, language
Laszlo Bencze: "If you say, "Most people prefer vanilla ice cream," you've just made a trivial claim of no great significance. But if you say, "People have evolved to prefer vanilla ice cream," well now you've made an insightful and fascinating statement backed by years of scientific research, no doubt about it." Well, if they can’t have the cattle, they are going to insist on the Big Hat, right? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 27, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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Rob Sheldon offers some thoughts on Richard Dawkins getting canceled by the American Humanist Association

Denyse O'Leary
April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
Sheldon: Dawkins was part of the cancel culture 30 years ago "Christianity is like smallpox only harder to eradicate". So the fact that the cancel culture turns on its own, is not surprising. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 27, 2021
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Planned Parenthood now denouncing Margaret Sanger — a bit late maybe

Denyse O'Leary
April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
Cancel Culture is basically fascism, tweeted. But the way Darwinism and Social Darwinism sponsored racism — because in that scheme of things, someone always needs to be the lesser human — should have been dealt with a long time ago. There are certainly plenty of other reasons for doubting Darwin and denouncing Sanger today. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 22, 2021
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Biologist tackles “evolution” and racism with commendable zeal…

Denyse O'Leary
April 22, 2021
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
... but varying results. The awkward problem with Smith's approach is that, to most people, evolution means Darwinism, period. And until comparatively recently, the “less evolved” stuff was what Darwin’s followers genuinely did believe. It wasn’t an extrapolation, it was part of their global belief system — as it was of Darwin’s. It’s no use looking hither and yon for how that “less evolved” idea got started. At one time, racism was based on a variety of folklore grounds; Darwin came along and made it sound scientific. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 17, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media
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Researchers: Cyanobacteria were an important part of marine ecosystems 1400 million years ago

Denyse O'Leary
April 17, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Media
Well then, how did a complex process like photosynthesis get the time to “evolve” by natural selection acting on random mutations (Darwinism)? Researchers (wisely, for now) state such findings without making any obvious inferences. But the number of these situations is building. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 16, 2021
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Cosmology, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
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At Popular Mechanics: The universe is a “machine that keeps learning”

Denyse O'Leary
April 16, 2021
Cosmology, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
It sounds as though some would like to hold onto the name of Darwinism while — in reality — adopting panpsychism. That would be consistent with other trends we've noted. Read More ›