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Date
July 9, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain scan, chimpanzees, human brain, humans, neuroscience, temporal lobe, thought}

Human Brain Has Many More Language Connections than Chimp Brain

_{Science and Culture
July 9, 2022

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The researchers were interested in a nerve tract that connects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, the arcuate fasciculus. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, feet, fingers, function, intelligent design, molecular biologists, philosophers, physicalism, Pierre-Luc Germain, teeth, terminology, thoughts}

Can We Eliminate the Idea of Function from Biology? A Philosopher and a Biologist Want to Try

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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They propose the term “biological role” instead. Thus, presumably, “the function of teeth is chewing” becomes “the biological role of teeth is chewing.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Agouti, agriculture, algorithms, ant colony, antennae, anternet, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, Deborah M. Gordon, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 28, 2022

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Physics
Tagged
, amino-acid sequences, codes, DNA, Douglas Axe, experience, information, intelligent agents, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, molecular machines, observation, paleontology, protein sequences, specified complexity, Stephen Meyer, systematics, The Positive Case for Intelligent Design (series), William A. Dembski}

Investigating the Evidence for Intelligent Design — in Biochemistry and Other Fields

_{Casey Luskin
April 28, 2022

Biochemistry, Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Physics

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Irreducible complexity and high CSI systems are found, indicating these systems were designed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, Google Translate, humans, hyphae, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, airy nothings, Antoine Lavoisier, biosphere, Charles Darwin, David Hume, Epicurus, evolution, Lawrence Krauss, Lucretius, natural selection, neologisms, Peter Atkins, Stephen Hawking, universe, Victorians, Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science (series)}

Why Words Matter: Sense and Nonsense in Science

_{Neil Thomas
April 7, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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One might, with Darwin, theorize that the development of the biosphere was simply down to that empirically unattested variant of chance, "natural selection." Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
March 24, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Bill Gates, Claude Shannon, computer code, DNA, evolution, functional information, genetic code, Henry Quastler, information, intelligent design, Leroy Hood, molecular machines, nucleotide bases, protein molecules, Richard Dawkins, sequence hypothesis, sequence specificity, SETI, Signature in the Cell, specified information, Stephen Meyer, symbols, Watson and Crick, What Is the Evidence for Intelligent Design? (series)}

The Origin of Life and the Information Enigma

_{Stephen C. Meyer
March 24, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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In 1953, when Watson and Crick elucidated the structure of the DNA molecule, they made a startling discovery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Arizona State University, chihuahua, Dogs, emotions, humans, intelligent design, National Geographic, sentences, signals, words}

Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
December 13, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, Abrahamic faiths, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Antony Flew, Bonfire of the Vanities, brain, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Communism, Cristian Bandea, cytology, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Denis Diderot, East Germany, Erasmus Darwin, Eric Metaxas, evolution, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Noam Chomsky, Peter Singer, philosophes, religion, Stephen Meyer, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, The Return to the God Paradigm (series), Tom Wolfe, William Paley}

Toward a New Natural Theology

_{Neil Thomas
December 13, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Alfred Wallace was arguing his position from simple logic rather than on the authority of revelation from any of the Abrahamic faiths. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, anthropologists, cosmic fine-tuning, Daniel Díaz, firing squad, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, miracle, Ola Hössjer, Robert J. Marks II, Strong Anthropic Principle, tautology, Weak Anthropic Principle}

Egnor: Weak Anthropic Principle Is Merely a Tautology

_{David Klinghoffer
October 4, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Physical Sciences

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The fine-tuning of the universe from the Big Bang, astounding in its precision, either requires an explanation, presumably intelligent design, or it doesn’t. Read More ›