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Denyse O'Leary
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April 16, 2021
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Cosmology, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
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At Popular Mechanics: The universe is a “machine that keeps learning”

Denyse O'Leary
April 16, 2021
Cosmology, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
It sounds as though some would like to hold onto the name of Darwinism while — in reality — adopting panpsychism. That would be consistent with other trends we've noted. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 16, 2021
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Biology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
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Top scientist admits we haven’t been humble enough to appreciate the complexity of gene regulation

Denyse O'Leary
April 16, 2021
Biology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy
The other comments are quite interesting but that one is framable. If we have too many answers, we don’t have enough questions. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 11, 2021
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Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, theism
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At Mind Matters News: Why believe atheists about God?

Denyse O'Leary
April 11, 2021
Atheism, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Religion, theism
Logic and evidence both point to the existence of God, whatever atheists may think: Michael Egnor addresses three arguments in Steve Meyer’s new book, The Return of the God Hypothesis. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 7, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Science
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Rob Sheldon reflects on skepticism about the findings from research brain scans (fMRI)

Denyse O'Leary
April 7, 2021
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Science
Sheldon: The skeptical neuroscience student talks about the sin of employing too many statistical searches on the data, also known as "p-hacking". Once again, the sin is not in using statistics, but rather in refusing to tell the world how many searches you made on the data before you settled on this one. Because the significance is not simply the data p-value, but the search space you used in finding it. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 6, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
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Gregory Chaitin: Why “impractical” things like philosophy are actually quite useful

Denyse O'Leary
April 6, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Philosophy
Chaitin reflects on the fact that if he had to do practical work 60 years ago, there wouldn't be practical research today based on the Omega number. But that raises a question: If materialism were true, why does theoretical stuff matter so much? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 27, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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We are urged to believe in the “facts” of science yet, historically, these facts often change

Denyse O'Leary
March 27, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Nicoll: The "scientific" label comes freighted with assumptions that a matter is factual, proven, and settled. Yet the dust-bin of science is filled with once-settled "facts" that stand as reminders that scientific conclusions can be wrong—very wrong. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 25, 2021
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Intelligent Design, language, Neuroscience, Philosophy
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At Mind Matters News: A reader asks: Is it true that there is no self?

Denyse O'Leary
February 25, 2021
Intelligent Design, language, Neuroscience, Philosophy
Michael Egnor replies, “The assertion that self is an illusion is not even wrong — it’s self-refuting, like saying “I don’t exist” or “Misery is green” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 22, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
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At Wall Street Journal: Science needs critics, not cheerleaders

Denyse O'Leary
February 22, 2021
Intelligent Design, Peer review, Philosophy, Science
From an interview with John Staddon we learn that constructive criticism is more useful than cheerleading when one’s game needs work. One outcome of the problems Staddon describes is that “trust the science” is becoming something of a joke in a broad variety of areas and that is not good news. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 21, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
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Sabine Hossenfelder explains why she thinks that the computer sim universe is pseudoscience

Denyse O'Leary
February 21, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physics
Hossenfelder: You can approximate the laws that we know with a computer simulation – we do this all the time – but if that was how nature actually worked, we could see the difference. Indeed, physicists have looked for signs that natural laws really proceed step by step, like in a computer code, but their search has come up empty handed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 16, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Another attack on Karl Popper’s falsification concept

Denyse O'Leary
February 16, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
Disparagement of falsification in science has come up quite a bit in recent years, mainly sponsored — we think —by people whose ideas are unfalsifiable in principle and therefore only doubtfully science. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 3, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Things that might surprise you about great scientists

Denyse O'Leary
February 3, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
How about juggling, riding a unicycle, and playing bongo? Or catching criminals or cracking safes? ... Many people would be very surprised by the things that matter most to many famous scientists. Hint: Many are not atheists. Read More ›