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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 30, 2021
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Animal minds
Intelligent Design
Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Did minimal consciousness drive the Cambrian Explosion?

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September 30, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Eva Jablonka’s team makes the daring case, repurposing Hungarian chemist Tibor Gánti’s origin of life studies. Where their approach differs from many is that they do not try to identify a mechanism of consciousness. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 30, 2021
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Books of interest
Darwinism
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Book from Cambridge defends ID. So readers write to say…

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September 30, 2021
Books of interest, Darwinism, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Of course Darwinism is nonsense. But it is profitable nonsense and easy to spout in an uncritical environment. The question of the day is, how do we get probing critiques to travel from the ivied walls to the pop science mag rack — where, it is fair to say, most writers and readers are unaware of any of the problems identified. So far as they know, Darwin brilliantly explained why men golf and women cheat and some people go to church… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2021
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Our genetic history shows telltale signs of periods of starvation

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September 30, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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From findings: Follow-up experiments in mice pointed to a potential explanation for why: the deletion appeared to limit male animals’ size when fed a calorie-restricted diet. This sort of growth limitation could help males survive lean times but limit their reproductive success in times of plenty. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 29, 2021
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Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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At Evolution News: Nearly All of Evolution Is Best Explained by Engineering

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September 29, 2021
Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Question: If someone proposed Darwinism for the first time today, now that we know all that we know about the hard-to-fathom complexity of life, would people as readily accept it? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 29, 2021
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Will bionic hands ever be as good as natural hands? Researchers are certainly trying…

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September 29, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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A recent internet-savvy bionic hand, developed by an American neuroscientist and computer engineer, is the most flexible yet, with sensory feedback. But will we ever outdo nature? Why or why not? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 28, 2021
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Atheism
Big Bang
Intelligent Design
theism
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At Mind Matters News: 5. Egnor, Dillahunty dispute the basic causes behind the universe

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September 28, 2021
Atheism, Big Bang, Intelligent Design, theism
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Michael Egnor: All right, then what is a singularity? If you’re saying it’s natural, what is it?

Matt Dillahunty: So first of all, you’re not talking to a cosmologist, but the-

Michael Egnor: Then why do you say it’s natural? …

[Things became quite heated at this point.]

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Denyse O'Leary
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September 28, 2021
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Major Neanderthal cave discovery at Gibraltar

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September 28, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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So far, no burial site has been found in the caves, and Finlayson speculated that digging down from the chamber at the apex of the cave could lead to side chambers and perhaps even a site where the Neanderthals placed their dead. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 28, 2021
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Atheism
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
theism
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At Mind Matters News: 4: Egnor now tries to find out what Dillahunty actually knows…

News
September 28, 2021
Atheism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, theism
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Michael Egnor: What I want to establish before that is that your arguments are not based on any actual knowledge. You don’t know the arguments for God’s existence. So your claim that they’re not true… Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 27, 2021
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Cell biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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What happens when DNA snaps?

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September 27, 2021
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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At Evolution News: "When both DNA strands break (the “double-stranded break” crisis, or DSB), a cell can die. Molecular machines fly into action as the strands flail about, threatening genomic catastrophe. The repair crew has an additional problem: unlike the bridge cable, the DNA strand is made up of a sequence of code that needs to match what was there before the DSB. In a process called homologous recombination, the machinery searches for a template to rebuild the broken sequence." Read More ›