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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, humans, 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
, 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, molecular machines, Richard Dawkins, sequence hypothesis, SETI, Signature in the Cell, specified information, Stephen Meyer, 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
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Antony Flew, brain, Charles Darwin, Church of England, Communism, Cristian Bandea, 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, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, miracle, Ola Hössjer, Robert J. Marks II, tautology}

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 ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 5, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Tagged
, Alvin Plantinga, apes, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, Declaration of Independence, gorilla, human origins, humans, intelligent design, J.B.S. Haldane, John Keats, Judeo-Christian tradition, Justin Brierley, materialism, Miracles (book), neo-Darwinian theory, Noam Chomsky, Patricia Churchland, religion, Sapiens (book), Sapiens review, Unbelievable, William Graham, Yuval Noah Harari}

Reviewing Sapiens — Back to the Guy Who Lost His Faith Over Harari

_{Casey Luskin
August 5, 2021

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics

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Podcaster Sam Davis told Justin Brierley that what did it for him was reading Yuval Noah Harari’s idea that “humanity is a weaver of stories.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 4, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Science Education
Tagged
, Claude Shannon, computer code, DiscoveryU, DNA, education, information, intelligent design, mathematician, quizzes, Return of the God Hypothesis, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer}

Understanding “Information” — A Key to the Intelligent Design Debate

_{David Klinghoffer
August 4, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Science Education

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With reading assignments and quizzes, this course is a great way to polish your skills in explaining ID without suffering a spade-shoveling mishap of your own. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 3, 2021

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, Big Bang, Charles Darwin, common descent, creationism, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, divine image, evolution, fossil record, Günter Bechly, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, intelligent design, John Derbyshire, materialism, Neanderthals, Race Realism, Racism, savages, soul, subhumans, The Descent of Man, Walter Bradley Center}

Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 3, 2021

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

5}

The thread of racism in Darwinian thinking isn’t a chance thing, a mere byproduct of Charles Darwin’s personal views as a “man of his time.” Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Aristotle, biological machines, co-option, epigenetics, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, meaning, Michael Behe, Pat Flynn, philosophers, Systems Biology, Thomas Aquinas}

Michael Behe on Meaning Detection in Language, and More

_{Science & Culture
July 31, 2021

Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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Intelligent design pioneer Michael Behe continues his conversation with philosophers Pat Flynn and Jim Madden. Read More ›