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Intelligent Design in Human-Animal Friendships

A man and his emotional support alligator, Wally, made headlines last week when they tried to attend a baseball game together in Philadelphia. Read More ›
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Minding the Brain — An Introduction

In our modern age, full of science and technology, physical existence often appears to be the most substantial and “real” aspect of the world. Read More ›
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Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›
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New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›
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New Long Story Short — Life’s Ingenious Code

The video asks, “Where in your experience do things like language, proofreading, nanomachines, and information-rich code come from? You know the answer." Read More ›
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By Using Floor Buttons, Can Dogs Talk?

The latest fad in the “Talk to the animals” arena appears to be a classic in confirmation bias. Read More ›
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Right Brain Vs. Left Brain? It’s Murky

Vertebrates generally have brains divided into two lobes, an arrangement that may go back half a billion years. Read More ›
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Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story

The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning. Read More ›
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Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

It’s time to get more intimately acquainted with the strange and wonderful numbers that hold our universe together. Read More ›
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In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”

The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any. Read More ›

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