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Denyse O'Leary
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May 12, 2021
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Information, Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy, Science
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Angus Menuge on the mind–body problem: It’s like developing and then writing down an idea

Denyse O'Leary
May 12, 2021
Information, Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy, Science
It would be a very poorly designed system if, every time we wanted to raise our arm, we’d have to know how to adjust each and every molecule in our arm or what specific pattern of nerve signals we would have to send. Well, then we’d be unable to act. And likewise, if what matters is that I don’t stub my toe again, all I’ve got to remember is, don’t push your toe like that rather than worrying about how I did it this time. Because the odds are, I’d never do the same physical movement again. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 17, 2021
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Animal minds, Information, Intelligent Design
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What has information theory to say about talking to spiders?

Denyse O'Leary
April 17, 2021
Animal minds, Information, Intelligent Design
There's a way we can do that, provided the spider has anything to say. One of the presentations at the American Chemical Society’s Spring 2021 meeting featured an algorithm that makes music from the analysis of spiders’ webs. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 2, 2021
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Gregory Chaitin asks, if the universe is information, not matter, does that help explain consciousness?

Denyse O'Leary
April 2, 2021
Information, Intelligent Design
Chaitin: The normal view if you dabble in metaphysics is that the universe is made from mathematics. That’s a Pythagorean idea, that God is a mathematician. And I prefer to say God is a … a computer programmer or a programmer. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 6, 2021
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C. Elegans (roundworm) perceives color without eyes

Denyse O'Leary
March 6, 2021
Information, Intelligent Design
At The Scientist: The new results show that the worms are “actually comparing ratios of wavelengths, and using that information to make decisions,” he says. “And that, I think, was completely surprising and unexpected.” … Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 8, 2021
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Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Rob Sheldon weighs in on the fundamental building blocks of nature – particles, fields, or …

Denyse O'Leary
February 8, 2021
Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
Sheldon: It is curious that the author of this Aeon article has frozen Wheeler at his second stage, neglecting to mention his final conclusion. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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December 8, 2020
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Culture, Darwinism, Information, Intelligent Design
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Does communication between predator and prey shape evolution?

Denyse O'Leary
December 8, 2020
Culture, Darwinism, Information, Intelligent Design
Fascinating info about snakes’ warning signals but the author ends up defending dumb Darwinism which, increasingly, complicates explanations. One must come up with a Darwinian explanation for things instead of just reporting and learning from them. Or asking what the information probability is, for this type of change. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 7, 2020
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Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
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At Forbes: Hawking’s black hole paradox is NOT solved

Denyse O'Leary
November 7, 2020
Cosmology, Information, Intelligent Design, Physics
Ethan Siegel looks at the limitations: But we’re still a long way away from determining exactly where that information goes, and how it gets out of a black hole. Theorists disagree over the validity and soundness of many of the methods that are currently being employed to do these calculations, and no one has even a theoretical prediction for how this information should be encoded by an evaporating black hole, much less how to measure it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 27, 2020
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Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Jonathan Bartlett: Elon Musk inadvertently tumbles to a big problem in origin of life theory

Denyse O'Leary
September 27, 2020
Information, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
Bartlett: Indeed, whatever the difficulty of creating life in the lab, making individual prototypes is not nearly as problematic as making “the machine that makes the machine,” which all reproducing living cells can do. That is, the ability of an organism to reproduce is at least an order of magnitude harder that the ability of an organism to just live. Read More ›