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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Plants
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Researchers say they have a “precise estimate” for the time of origin of photosynthesis

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October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Plants
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Botanist Margaret Helder writes to comment “The point to reflect on is what all those heterotrophs did for food prior to the appearance of the autotrophs. Any organic molecules in the environment would be quickly digested if there were only organisms around with no capacity to reduce carbon.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 1, 2021
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Michael Behe on extreme devolution: “Gnawing off a leg”

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October 1, 2021
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Behe: Like tusks to elephants, the proteins are presumably useful to the parasite, other things being equal. But when the environment changes and the proteins become a net drawback, the quickest evolutionary solution is to get rid of them. That’s an interesting fact of biology and can be medically important. However, it’s important to note that it’s just one more example of devolution — the beneficial loss of genetic information. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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At Mind Matters News: 6. Is Matt Dillahunty using science as a crutch for his atheism?

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October 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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That’s neurosurgeon Michael Egnor’s accusation in this third part of the debate, which features continued discussion of singularities, where conventional “laws of nature” break down. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
September 30, 2021
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Culture
Intelligent Design
Science
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Social scientist: It’s naive to see science as apolitical

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September 30, 2021
Culture, Intelligent Design, Science
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Dotson: In a culture dominated by political scientism, citizens and policymakers forget how to listen, debate, and explore possibilities for compromise or concession with one another. Instead, we come to believe that our opponents only need to be informed of the “correct” facts or truths, harshly sanctioned, or simply ignored. Read More ›
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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
Date
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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