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Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning

Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought. Read More ›
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Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›
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Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language

What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them Read More ›
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Who (or What) First Used Tools?

It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas. Read More ›
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More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence

This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for. Read More ›
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Now It’s “Whale Rights”

As often is the case in nature rights activism, “indigenous wisdom” is invoked as somehow superior to modern conservation. Read More ›
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Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?

Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain. Read More ›
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Happy Thanksgiving! Here Are Michael Denton’s Top 3 Reasons for Optimism About ID

One reason, Dr. Denton says, is the “relentless” growth of the ID movement, in academia and around the world. Read More ›
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What’s the Big Deal About the Human Brain?

None of the features identified by neuroscientists explain why humans think about things that other animal life forms don't. Read More ›
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Do We Need Language to Think?

For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself. Read More ›

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