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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Buddhism, Catholic clergy, Christianity, doubt, faith, funerals, Jerusalem Post, jesus, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Judaism, Kannon, King James Bible, Mindar, preachers, rabbis, sermons}

Are Robo-Pastors the Way of the Future?

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August 28, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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They are certainly not the answer to declining attendance and involvement that some have hoped they would be. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 27, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animal behavior, Carl Sagan, chimpanzees, confirmation bias, crows, Dogs, emotions, gibberish, humans, marine biologists, puppies, Scientific American, Stephanie Pappas, TikTok, Washington State, wolves}

By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

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August 27, 2023

Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 24, 2023

Categories
Linguistics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, creativity, Iain McGilchrist, lobes, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, personality, preferences, The Matter with Things, vertebrates, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

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August 24, 2023

Linguistics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, A Brief History of Time, Alfred Lord Tennyson, cars, Charles Sanders Peirce, consciousness, immaterial reality, John Dewey, John Horgan, Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Matt Ridley, Nautilus, Philip Ball, science writers, Stanford University, The End of Science}

For a Change, Science Writers Think Critically About Science

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August 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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They can be quite interesting when they allow themselves to play around with ideas a bit. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 20, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, consciousness, Darwinian evolution, DNA, genes, genetic code, information, Marcello Barbieri, materialism, meaning, natural selection, paradigm, private truth, public truth, teleology, University of Ferrara}

A Theoretical Biologist’s Mission Impossible: Banish Teleology While Retaining Meaning

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August 20, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The nonsense will cease eventually. But eventually is a long way off, if Barbieri’s dilemma is any guide. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, Arabs, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, pi, pizza, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, University of Nevada, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

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August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 15, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, artifacts, books, chemical evolution, chemical reactions, complex specified information, Ernst Mayr, genes, Hubert Yockey, humans, information, information theory, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, letters, Marcello Barbieri, molecular machines, music, numbers, photos, pixels, proteins}

Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence

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August 15, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics

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The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, books, censorship, George Orwell, Great Britain, groupthink, intellectuals, intelligentsia, Joseph Stalin, literature, satire, Soviet Union, totalitarianism, USSR, Utopia, Winston Churchill}

Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink

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August 14, 2023

Bioethics, Scientific Freedom

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The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adam Marcus, COVID-19, Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School, honesty, Ivan Oransky, John Ioannidis, Matt Ridley, neuroscientists, Retraction Watch, scandal, science, Stanford University, The Guardian, Theo Baker, Times Higher Education}

Science Is Self-Correcting? Time for a Reality Check

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August 13, 2023

Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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In the wake of the Stanford scandal, the reasons why science often ISN’T self-correcting are attracting much more attention. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 10, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, biological information, genes, illusion, information, intelligence, Marcello Barbieri, meaning, molecular biology, physicalism, University of Ferrara}

Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?

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August 10, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.” Read More ›