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Denyse O'Leary
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August 21, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: A neurosurgeon on why some people function with only half a brain

Denyse O'Leary
August 21, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Michael Egnor: The means by which people with major parts of their brains removed maintain function are not understood. It’s nonsense to say, as some do, that “The brain is massively parallel and recursive and functions under network rules and laws.” That’s typical neuroscience gibberish. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 6, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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Eric Holloway: Can computer neural networks learn better than human neurons?

Denyse O'Leary
August 6, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Takehome: Humans can do things that AI cannot do, as we saw earlier, but those abilities are not due to the superior learning ability of a human neuron. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 7, 2022
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Human brain has many more language connections than chimp brain

Denyse O'Leary
July 7, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Among the many differences between the human brain and other animal brains is the role of the arcuate fasciculus that connects lobes of the brain. If we are really 99 percent chimpanzee, as some claim, it doesn’t appear to be showing up in the brain. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 2, 2022
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At Mind Matters News: The human brain has neural networks not found in lab mice

Denyse O'Leary
July 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
In a just-published study that he led, the researchers examined human tissue removed by neurosurgeons during operations. Studying it, they discover neuron networks (connectomes) unknown in mouse brains... The interesting part is that this network exists mainly in order to silence other neurons... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 26, 2022
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Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: The battle over the human mind split two great thinkers

Denyse O'Leary
June 26, 2022
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
Philosopher Neil Thomas points out how neuroscience today has undermined a purely materialist account of the mind — an unexpected role but that's what happened. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 8, 2022
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Researchers: Our brains use data compression to get things right

Denyse O'Leary
June 8, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
Curiously, we humans often invent things by design for a purpose and yet, when we find the same things in nature, some conclude that

Takehome: Curiously, we humans often invent things by design for a purpose and yet, when we find the same things in nature, some conclude that there is no design or purpose in nature…

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Denyse O'Leary
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June 2, 2022
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Animal minds, Information, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Researchers: Humans process information differently from monkeys

Denyse O'Leary
June 2, 2022
Animal minds, Information, Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
The researchers found that, from an information theory perspective, human brains engage in less redundant and more synergistic processing than macaques. So information theory supports human exceptionalism where Darwinism doesn’t? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 2, 2022
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At Mind Matters News: A little-known structure tells our brains what matters now

Denyse O'Leary
June 2, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
Takehome: The cuneate nucleus (CN) in the brain stem turns out to communicate regularly with your prefrontal cortex and spine as to what you had better notice. The more we learn about the brain, the less likely it seems to be purely a product of material, natural causes. Read More ›