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death

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 8, 2021
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: Does a chimp mom who carries a dead baby around understand death?

Denyse O'Leary
October 8, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design
The point about death — as a human understands it — is that the deceased loved one is never coming back. That is why human mothers do not carry a dead baby around for months. The primates’ behavior definitely demonstrates grief in the sense of attachment but also makes clear that they don’t understand what death means. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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August 16, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Religion
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At Mind Matters News: Researchers: Buddhist monks’ bodies decay very slowly at death

Denyse O'Leary
August 16, 2021
Intelligent Design, Religion
According to traditional meditation lore, they are in a meditative state (thukdam) until their consciousness is clear; only then does the body begins to decay. Neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson. saw it for himself, then organized a study of the phenomenon. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 20, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Child burial from 80,000 years ago shows the existence of abstract ideas

Denyse O'Leary
June 20, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Perhaps the snail shell with the excisions gave an identity to “Mtoto” — a message to another world, perhaps, about who the child was. As more burials are found, we will start to get more answers. For example, if a number of such graves feature shells or similar objects with excisions, we can infer a symbolic intention. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
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
Date
September 20, 2020
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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Does a cosmopsychist believe in life after death?

Denyse O'Leary
September 20, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
Bernardo Kastrup: I certainly believe in consciousness after death. I believe that our core subjectivity, that implicit, innate sense of “I”-ness, remains undifferentiated. That’s the reason you still think you are the same person you were when you were five years old even though everything about you has changed. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 3, 2019
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Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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The genes that come to life after you die

Denyse O'Leary
August 3, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
The most likely explanation is that death is a process of shutting down, rather than an instant when everything stops. The genes to grow a spinal column, for example, resurfaced but maybe they had been suppressed because the deceased already had one. Still much to learn but that’s a good hypothesis to test. Read More ›