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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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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
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Denyse O’Leary

ravens
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 10, 2023
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Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
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Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!

Denyse O’Leary
July 10, 2023
Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology
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Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why? Read More ›
brain
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Denyse O’Leary
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July 1, 2023
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain

Denyse O’Leary
July 1, 2023
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch. Read More ›
free will
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Denyse O’Leary
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June 26, 2023
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Free Will: What Are the Reasons to Believe in It?

Denyse O’Leary
June 26, 2023
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Some say that free will might be a useful delusion but neuroscience provides sound reasons to believe that it is real. Read More ›
Neanderthal Musuem
Photo: Neanderthal Musuem, Germany, by Clemens Vasters, via Flickr (cropped).
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 17, 2023
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
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Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar

Denyse O’Leary
June 17, 2023
Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology
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The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent. Read More ›
robot writing
robot writing
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 14, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›
Palawan Water Monitor Lizard
Photo: Palawan Water Monitor Lizard, by Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 12, 2023
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Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
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Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023
Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology
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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›
Amoeba proteus
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 11, 2023
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2023
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›
near-death experience
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 26, 2023
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›
consciousness
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 21, 2023
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Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
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Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023
Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning
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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›
free will
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 19, 2023
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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New Brain Research Supports Free Will

Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2023
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Researchers, altering Libet’s classical experiment, found that human brains show no “readiness potential” when a decision is important. Read More ›

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