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death

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

News
October 8, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design
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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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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
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

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August 16, 2021
Intelligent Design, Religion
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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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Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 20, 2021
Categories
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Child burial from 80,000 years ago shows the existence of abstract ideas

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June 20, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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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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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 19, 2021
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Naturalism
Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Clarity about life that some demented people experience just before dying

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May 19, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism, Neuroscience
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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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post
Author
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?

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September 20, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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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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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 3, 2019
Categories
Cell biology
Intelligent Design
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The genes that come to life after you die

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August 3, 2019
Cell biology, Intelligent Design
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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 ›