Category: Psychology | Page 3 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, Alexa, Amazon, Baylor University, bias, editing, encyclopedia, Google, Günter Bechly, ideology, inaccuracy, intelligent design, Jimmy Wales, Jo-Jo Eumerus, Larry Sanger, mental illness, neutrality, pseudonym, pseudoscience, science, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, trolls, Walter Bradley, Wikipedia}

On ID, Myth Persists that Wikipedia Is Reliable, though Co-Founder Has Called It “Appallingly Biased”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology

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I was reminded of this by an exchange today on Twitter, or X, or however somebody “rebrands” it tomorrow. Read More ›

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Author
David Berlinski

Date
July 10, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Chinese, Chinese Room, computers, English, intelligence, intentionality, John Searle, observer, Yale University}

Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

_{David Berlinski
July 10, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 26, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Benjamin Libet, brain waves, Delusion, determinism, free will, Marcelo Gleiser, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Psyche, quantum mechanics, Stony Brook University, University of Missouri, volcano}

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 ›

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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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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
May 24, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, abiogenesis, atheism, character, Daniel Dennett, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, empirical evidence, evolution, evolutionists, intelligent design, James Tour, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Mona Lisa, personality, Professor Dave, Professor Dave Explains, Rice University, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris}

“Professor Dave” and the Art of Projection

_{Robert Shedinger
May 24, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Psychology

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If I ever get asked to write a chapter on projection for a psychology textbook, Dave Farina’s outrageously disrespectful performance will be exhibit A. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Cosmic Habitable Age, developmental biology, evolution, faith, Fazale Rana, foresight, fossil record, galactic habitable zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hugh Ross, human origins, intelligent design, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Neo-Darwinism, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, water}

New Open-Access Book from South Africa Explores Intelligent Design and Science-Faith Issues

_{Casey Luskin
February 13, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology

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We’ll feature excerpts here in the future, but for now I’d like to highlight some special features of chapters in the book. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Science
Tagged
, abstract concepts, abstract thought, abstractions, animal intelligence, chimpanzees, Dogs, dolphins, neuroscience, rabbits, social justice}

Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts”

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Science

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It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.” Read More ›

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Date
July 17, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, monkeys, octopuses, oxygen, primates, superintelligence, The Miracle of Man}

Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence

_{Science & Culture
July 17, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, americans, apologetics, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, fantasy, John West, Medieval Europe, morality, nature, policy, science fiction, scientism, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology

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The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, anesthesia, Claude Bernard, consciousness, fungi, gene expression, nervous system, RNA, Venus flytrap, worms}

How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. Read More ›