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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 4, 2020
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Animal minds
Intelligent Design
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Brain connectivity is equal in 130 mammals, including humans

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August 4, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Researcher:"Our study revealed a universal law: Conservation of Brain Connectivity. This law denotes that the efficiency of information transfer in the brain's neural network is equal in all mammals, including humans.” So what makes humans unique isn’t brain connectivity. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 28, 2020
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Intelligent Design
Mind
Psychology
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Michael Egnor skewers claim that there is no continuity of the human self

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July 28, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Psychology
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Egnor: if Blackmore is not the same person now that she was a moment ago, then it makes no sense to call the YouTube video above an interview with Susan Blackmore. Perhaps it should be called interviews with Susan Blackmores or interviews with countless women, one of whom was Susan Blackmore. Or interviews with women formerly known as Susan Blackmore... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 29, 2020
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Mind
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Humans vs monkeys Science claims we should question more sharply

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June 29, 2020
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Mind
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ScienceDaily: "In experiments on 100 study participants across age groups, cultures and species, researchers found that indigenous Tsimane' people in Bolivia's Amazon rainforest, American adults and preschoolers and macaque monkeys all show, to varying degrees, a knack for "recursion," But aren’t these claims a bit ridiculous? When was the last time a monkey conveyed a complex idea? Read More ›