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human exceptionalism

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 8, 2023
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Astrophysicist insists on the need to distinguish ourselves from nature

Denyse O'Leary
March 8, 2023
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
But wait! What fuels the possibility of separating ourselves from nature? Every run-of-the-mill science writer knows that we are merely the 99% chimpanzee that cannot transcend the accidental blob/monad-to-man history of life. This human exceptionalism could be the most radical suggestion that Avi Loeb, no stranger to controversy, has ever made. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 13, 2022
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Palmer Study Course On Intelligent Design: Human Exceptionalism 6, Part 1

Denyse O'Leary
February 13, 2022
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
From the course unit: Darwin claimed that bipedality would have been the first indication of apes evolving into humans. But after searching for evidence of increasing bipedality, the best scientists can do is claim that hominids were facultatively (optionally) bipedal. All apes today are facultatively bipedal. Is that a convincing argument that humans and apes are closely related? What other fossil evidence shows us the distinct difference between apes and humans? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 2, 2021
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Evolutionary psychology, Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Evolutionary psychology: When we looked in, no one was there…

Denyse O'Leary
December 2, 2021
Evolutionary psychology, Intelligent Design, Mind
Evo psych likely got started when psychologists wanted to get in on illuminating findings in evolution, like the Cambrian Explosion. Trouble is, there aren’t any prehumans around. And we don’t have a good reason to believe that early humans differed much from us in psychology. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
December 1, 2021
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Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Would cognition in bacteria “dethrone” humans?

Denyse O'Leary
December 1, 2021
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Takehome: Of course we can “see ourselves” as an earthworm. But it doesn’t work in reverse. And Pamela Lyon sheds no light on that fact, apart from denigrating humans. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 16, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
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Human neurons are strangely more efficient than animal ones

Denyse O'Leary
November 16, 2021
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience
In the most extensive study of its kind, nine other [than human] mammals were studied. Larger mammals have larger neurons. And in every case but one, they found that “as the size of neurons increases, the density of channels found in the neurons also increases.” Except in humans, it was the reverse. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 5, 2021
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Animal minds, Intelligent Design, language, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Can AI help us talk to whales? Maybe. But then what?

Denyse O'Leary
November 5, 2021
Animal minds, Intelligent Design, language, Mind
In the real world, if we succeed in communicating with whales, it will be much like communicating successfully with dogs, cats, and horses. None of them are furry people. Whales are not blubbery people either. They won’t bring us closer to understanding what sets humans apart than dogs will. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 8, 2021
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Animal minds, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Human exceptionalism: You can be a good or a bad human but you can’t just be an animal

Denyse O'Leary
May 8, 2021
Animal minds, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Mind
When we try to escape into being animals, all that happens is that we reason badly and become bad humans. And the moment we even bring reason into the discussion — well, that’s precisely what human exceptionalism is about! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 30, 2020
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Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Primate intelligence test just makes humans more exceptional

Denyse O'Leary
September 30, 2020
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
A recent finding was that mouse lemurs, with a brain 1/200th the size of that of a chimpanzee, performed approximately as well on a primate cognition test. And then there's human intelligence... Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 29, 2020
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Animal minds, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mind
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David Berlinski’s thought experiment: Darwinism vs. the obvious

Denyse O'Leary
March 29, 2020
Animal minds, Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Mind
A thought experiment by philosopher and mathematician David Berlinski echoes something Michael Egnor noted recently: Not only are human beings unique but we are unique despite being animals in nature. Here’s the thought experiment: Read More ›
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Donald McLaughlin
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November 19, 2019
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Intelligent Design
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What Does It Mean To Be Human? Don’t Ask A Darwinist

Donald McLaughlin
November 19, 2019
Intelligent Design

“What does it mean to be human?” is one of the fundamental questions we all ask.  Every once in a while something happens to remind us that those influenced by Darwinism usually only answer the question with “not much”.   As a case in point, just today it’s being reported that the father of a son born with two rare diseases was trying to raise money for medical expenses.  He had put up signs at a local mall to raise awareness and funds.  “KC Ahlers said he posted six signs around the Franklin Park Mall in Toledo, Ohio to spread awareness about an upcoming fundraiser for his 4-month-old son, RJ. The father told WTVG on Friday that he discovered three additional Read More ›