Month: February 2024 | Page 8 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
February 2, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, behavior, body decoration, cave art, cavemen, Fossil Friday (series), gene pool, genetic admixture, glue, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human nature, human uniqueness, jewelry, Neanderthals, ochre, painkillers, seafood, stone circles, Svante Pääbo, Thomas Huxley, University of Toronto}

Fossil Friday: New Evidence for the Human Nature of Neanderthals

_{Günter Bechly
February 2, 2024

Anatomy, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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What is at stake is not just some esoteric species problem in the ivory tower, but the very question of human nature and human uniqueness. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain states, death, dreams, hippocampus, knowledge, memories, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neuroscientists, soul, YouTube videos}

Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

_{Michael Egnor
February 1, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, cancer, cancer cluster, Design Inference, earth, lawyer, life, multiverse, Paul Sutter, universe, Universe Today}

From Astrophysicist Paul Sutter — Multiverse Madness!

_{Casey Luskin
February 1, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Scientific Reasoning

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I’ve argued that “multiverse thinking” destroys scientific logic. My argument involves a hypothetical “cancer cluster” in a town with a chemical plant. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Anthony Costello, Arizona State University, biologists, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, creative agency, debates, Harvard University, ID the Future, James Tour, Kirkwood Center, Lee Cronin, Lenny Esposito, materialistic science, natural selection, Owen Anderson, Rice University, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Meyer, University of Glasgow}

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 1, 2024

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 1, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan Turing, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, Bertrand Russell, California, Christianity, computational power, David Hilbert, elementary particles, eternity, Gregory of Nyssa, humans, Marvin Minsky, Nick Bostrom, oscillating universe, Ray Kurzweil, The Design Inference, theology}

Artificial General Intelligence: Digital vs. Traditional Immortality

_{William A. Dembski
February 1, 2024

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Gregory of Nyssa taught that eternity for humanity is an unending progression in the knowledge of God. Read More ›