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Denyse O'Leary
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May 19, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Clarity about life that some demented people experience just before dying

Denyse O'Leary
May 19, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
The phenomenon of terminal lucidity first attracted attention when it appeared among people who were cognitively challenged or demented (because otherwise, it might not have been noticed) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 28, 2021
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Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Racism
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Genetic Literacy Project tackles Critical Race Theory

Denyse O'Leary
April 28, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Media, Naturalism, Racism
The problem with Whittle’s long, thoughtful, and informative piece is that he seems determined to be reasonable and make sense. In the age of the war on math and the war on science, the Twitter mob is the new sanity and acting out is evidence of Virtue. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 21, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Origin Of Life
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Claim: We are making headway with the origin of life

Denyse O'Leary
April 21, 2021
Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Origin Of Life
The article is an interesting summary of the various hypotheses on offer but it’s not like there are any big breakthroughs. However, actual breakthroughs are hardly the point. From a materialist perspective, the point is to keep up the pursuit of a random, non-intelligent origin of life. That’s all the success that is really required. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 19, 2021
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Books of interest, Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Physics
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String theory skeptic Peter Woit reflects on Stephen Hawking

Denyse O'Leary
April 19, 2021
Books of interest, Cosmology, Culture, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Physics
Peter Woit on Hawking's 2010 The Grand Design, co-written with Leonard Mlodinow: " I wrote about this book in some detail here. Put bluntly, it was an atrocious rehash of the worst nonsense about M-theory and the string theory landscape, with an argument for atheism thrown in to get more public attention. This is the sort of thing that has done a huge amount of damage to both the public understanding of fundamental physics, and even to the field itself." Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 18, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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Robert J. Marks: How materialism proves unbounded scientific ignorance

Denyse O'Leary
April 18, 2021
Intelligent Design, Naturalism
Mathematician Kurt Gödel showed that there is an infinite number of truths that are provably unprovable. That's bad news for scientism, though not for science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 14, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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Bill Dembski on how a new book expertly dissects doomsday scenarios

Denyse O'Leary
April 14, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
Dembski: "At the end of the discussion, however, Kurzweil's overweening confidence in the glowing prospects for strong AI's future were undiminished. And indeed, they remain undiminished to this day (I last saw Kurzweil at a Seattle tech conference in 2019 — age seemed to have mellowed his person but not his views)." But Larson says it's all nonsense. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 13, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Naturalism
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“Follow the science” is becoming a jibe in the age of COVID panic

Denyse O'Leary
April 13, 2021
Intelligent Design, Media, Medicine, Naturalism
At ACSH: Rather shamelessly, the Washington Post has also offered tips to stop yourself from spreading “misinformation.” And the Guardian has even recommended “10 ideas to rebuild our broken internet.” Let's add an eleventh: take your own advice and stop running sloppy stories because they attract eyeballs. Read More ›