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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, neocortex, neuroscience, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, textbooks, The Atlantic, Yale University}

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 ›

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Date
April 14, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, assumptions, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evidence, intelligent design, natural world, optimality, predictions, purpose, Science and Faith in Dialogue, teleology, tools}

Is a New Design-Based Paradigm of Biology Emerging?

_{Science & Culture
April 14, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Brian Miller reports that optimality is becoming a tool of prediction in biology, with more biologists returning to the use of design-based assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
February 23, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Medicine
Tagged
, bees, code, DNA, English, information, meaning, Michael Behe, Morse code, organisms, Peter Robinson, pollen, purpose, random processes, science of purpose, Spanish, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

The DNA Code Takes My Breath Away; Here’s Why

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
February 23, 2023

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Medicine

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These examples may seem trivial, as if they were just "the way things are," not proving anything. But this is not so. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
December 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, "poor design", abuse, aesthetics, aging, breathing, choking, communication, constraints, disease, esophagus, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, lungs, Nathan Lents, Parkinson’s disease, pharynx, respiratory system, singing, speech, stroke, syllogism, tongue, trade-offs}

The Supposed Bad Design of the Human Pharynx

_{Howard Glicksman and Steve Laufmann
December 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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The pharynx affords us the abilities to breathe and swallow, but it does much more. It affords the ability for speech, language, and singing. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2022

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, asymmetry, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, dopamine, FOXP2, humans, intelligence, memory, primates, speech, thinking, Yale University}

More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

_{Science & Culture
September 2, 2022

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
August 18, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, apes, Big Bang, cosmogony, Genesis, homologies, ideology, language, Michelangelo’s David, Miller-Urey experiment, natural selection, Noam Chomsky, perverse incentives, phrenology, Richard Lewontin, The Descent of Man, The Kingdom of Speech, Theory of Everything, Tom Wolfe}

Language: Darwin’s Eternal Mystery

_{Neil Thomas
August 18, 2022

Cosmology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A whole host of “certified geniuses” have failed to crack the human language problem, and this must count as a blow to Darwinian ideas of evolution. Read More ›

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Date
July 9, 2022

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

Human Brain Has Many More Language Connections than Chimp Brain

_{Science & 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, 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
, agriculture, algorithms, antennae, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, 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, 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 ›