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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
September 13, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, apoptosis, cell death, cells, cytochrome c, digits, embryonic development, evolutionary mechanisms, feet, foresight, hands, injury, mitochondria, proteins, sculptor, signals}

The Formation of Our Digits Points to a Process with Foresight

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 13, 2024

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Our digits are sculpted from a paddle-like structure in the embryo through the process of apoptosis. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, beauty, Central Park, E.O. Wilson, evolution, Jonathan Haidt, religion, schools, social psychology, transcendence}

Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

_{Peter Biles
September 12, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 10, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Energy, insects, intelligent design, size, spiders, vertebrates}

Intelligent Design — In Miniature

_{Eric Hedin
September 10, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Small vertebrates may be a thousand times larger than single-cell organisms, but they occupy a region of parameter space that presents unique properties. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain injury, Carl Zimmer, Charles Camosy, civil rights, consciousness, electronics, human brain, humanity, Neuralink, neurons}

We’ve Discovered “Covert Consciousness” — But Now What?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Creighton University Medical School prof Charles Camosy thinks it is time for something like a civil rights movement for people in this state. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, brain activity, comatose, consciousness, Elon Musk, fMRI, Neuralink, neuroscience, patients}

A Quarter of Comatose Patients May Be Aware But Unable to Communicate

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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“Covertly” means that the patients were not able to respond directly but brain activity showed that they understood what was asked of them. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 6, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common ancestry, environmental conditions, evolution, evolutionary change, fitness landscapes, intermediates, mutations, paleobiology, population, robotics, Stuart Burgess, traits, vertebrate limbs}

Fitness Landscapes Demonstrate Perfection in Vertebrate Limbs Resulted from Intelligent Design

_{Brian Miller
September 6, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

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These observations present two dire challenges to undirected evolutionary models. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 5, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, birds, body plans, common ancestry, computers, David Coppedge, design framework, Emily Reeves, evolution, forelimb, genes, homologies, intelligent design, Mac OS, mammals, programming, software engineers, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs, vertebrates}

Developmental Biology of Vertebrate Skeletons Shows Similarities are Better Explained by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 5, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Evolutionists assume that the traits they classify as homologous share similarities due to their having evolved from a common ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, bananas, berries, birds, Cretaceous Period, digestion, dinosaurs, fertilization, flowering plants, foresight, fruit, intelligent design, nutrition, optimization, pectin, phytochemicals, potassium, seeds, The Privileged Planet, tomatoes, vitamin C}

Fruit Is Designed for Life

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This type of multi-purpose optimization speaks more of intelligent foresight and design than random adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 4, 2024

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, BIO-Complexity, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Biomimetics, birds, common ancestry, common design, coordinated mutations, Darwinian assumptions, energy conservation, evolution, evolutionary model, Flight, humans, intelligent design, presuppositions, Stuart Burgess, tetrapod limbs, vertebrate limbs, whale evolution, whales}

Similarities Between Vertebrate Limbs Are Best Explained Not by Common Ancestry but by Design

_{Brian Miller
September 4, 2024

Anatomy, Intelligent Design

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The challenge is particularly daunting in the case of whales. The flipper differs in almost every respect from that of its proposed terrestrial ancestor. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, corporations, hacking, humans, information, Internet, MIT Technology Review, privacy, smartphones, social media, technologists}

You Thought the Internet Would Make Life Easier? Get Ready for Mandatory “Personhood Credentials”

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Governments have proven themselves quite incapable of keeping information private, as have the largest corporations. Read More ›