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Doug Axe
Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap
Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Denyse O’Leary

Orangutan
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 3, 2024
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Life Sciences
Medicine
Zoology
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Animals Using Healing Plants? That’s Old News

Denyse O’Leary
June 3, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine, Zoology
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Recently, an orangutan who successfully treated a wound by applying chewed leaves to it touched off a worldwide media event. Read More ›
alien life
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 26, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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The Conviction that ET Is Out There Survives Every Setback

Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2024
Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences
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The usual practice in science would rule out mundane explanations first. But clearly, that is a road not taken. Read More ›
Ebola virus
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 24, 2024
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Life Sciences
Medicine
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Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine
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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›
lobster
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 19, 2024
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

Denyse O’Leary
May 19, 2024
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›
T-Rex
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 17, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
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The Wildly Varying Intelligence of T. Rex

Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology
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After centuries with the “stupid” label, the big, bad extinct dino was found in one 2023 study to be as smart as a primate. But then… Read More ›
consciousness
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 14, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

Denyse O’Leary
May 14, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself. Read More ›
Daniel-Dennett
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 5, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Is Darwinian Philosopher Daniel Dennett the End of an Era?

Denyse O’Leary
May 5, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Dennett’s image of the human mind as a user-illusion was very fashionable but it never made any sense. Read More ›
near-death experience
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 21, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Read More ›
consciousness
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 15, 2024
Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2024
Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain. Read More ›

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