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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 28, 2021
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Convergent evolution
Intelligent Design
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Interesting finding: COVID-19 populations show high convergent evolution

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April 28, 2021
Convergent evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: We find that two particular mutation rates, G →U and C →U, are similarly elevated and considerably higher than all other mutation rates, causing the majority of mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, and are possibly the result of APOBEC and ROS activity. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
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

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April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design
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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
Date
April 27, 2021
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Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Racism
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Planned Parenthood now denouncing Margaret Sanger — a bit late maybe

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April 27, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Racism
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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
Date
April 26, 2021
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Academic Freedom
Atheism
Intelligent Design
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Dawkins deplatformed by American Humanist Association — but who retains AHA awards?

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April 26, 2021
Academic Freedom, Atheism, Intelligent Design
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Soave: "The AHA gave Humanist of the Year awards to the author and activist Alice Walker—who promoted anti-Semitic conspiracy theories—and also to Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood who promoted eugenics and white supremacy. Sanger's legacy is so complicated that her own organization is currently disowning her." Apparently, Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker, also AHA award winners, have written an open letter, asking the AHA to reverse course. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
theism
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Orwell’s 1984 as an argument for God’s existence

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, theism
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Atheism is not only fundamental to the Party’s power but is also its central weakness: If there is evidence for any higher power in the universe, the Party cannot be what it claims. Objective reality, apart from the Party’s version, then certainly exists. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 25, 2021
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
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Hitchhiker’s Guide author’s “puddle” argument against fine-tuning — and a response

News
April 25, 2021
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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It's a good argument. But in reality, any argument against fine-tuning will be accepted, whether it makes sense or not. It is only the defenders of a rational universe who need to make sense. And that’s not for the other guy; it’s for you. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
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Fazale Rana: Isn’t Harvard Astronomer Avi Loeb’s using design detection to claim Oumuamua is an alien spacecraft?

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design
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Fazale Rana: Loeb’s work affirms a point that I (and others) have repeatedly made. Science has the toolkit to detect the work of agency in nature. To put it another way, Loeb’s thesis demonstrates that detection of intelligent design in nature is legitimately part of the construct of science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Religion
Science
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Some thoughts from Richard Feynman on science and religion

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April 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, Religion, Science
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Feynman: These scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged simply as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems to be inadequate. Read More ›