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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anesthesia, chimpanzees, cognition, consciousness, dolphins, intelligence, invertebrates, panpsychism, ResearchGate, spiders, Venus flytrap}

Researcher Says Plants May Be Conscious, Too

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2022

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Paco Calvo has authored many papers in respected journals; his view is another instance of panpsychism overtaking materialism in science. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science
Tagged
, biotechnology, Brave New World, dystopia, egg cells, embryos, experimentation, illness, lifestyle, medical professionals, medicine, public opinion, stem cells, The Guardian, United Kingdom}

“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 30, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine, Science

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Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Planetology
Rare Earth
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, biosignatures, birds, cosmos, dolphins, extraterrestrial life, Forensics, intelligence, intelligent life, intention, National Geographic, space aliens}

The Silence of the Space Aliens

_{David Coppedge
August 30, 2022

Planetology, Rare Earth

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The SEETI thinkers are looking for signs of intention. Even in global death, they believe they could separate natural causes from intelligent causes. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, beta-lactamase, Darwinism, Darwinists, debates, Douglas Axe, E. coli, evolution, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, irreducibly complex systems, Jason Rosenhouse, Michael Behe, Michael Ruse, Michael Shermer, probabilistic resources, Richard Lenski, Rosenhouse’s Whoppers (series), Sisyphus, specified complexity, The Failures of Mathematical Anti-Evolutionism}

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: Appealing to the Unwashed Middle

_{William A. Dembski
August 30, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Rosenhouse’s book is objectively bad. It purports to be a critique of mathematics as used by ID proponents and of my mathematical work in particular. Read More ›

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Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Biology
Culture
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, aesthetics, evolution, faith, ID the Future, intelligent design, Michael Behe, Moon, natural laws, nature, Pat Flynn, Philosophy for the People, Roman Catholic, scientists, stars, sun, theology}

Michael Behe: It’s Not a Scientist’s Job to Be Led by Aesthetics

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August 29, 2022

Biology, Culture, Faith & Science, Philosophy

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While the sun, moon, and stars move according to natural laws, it doesn’t follow that the complex forms we find in biology arose purely through natural laws. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Planetology
Rare Earth
Tagged
, astrobiology, Astrobiology Magazine, calcium, carbon, earth, elements, hydrogen, intelligence, intelligent design, magnesium, Mars, microbes, minerals, NASA, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, Robert Hazen, Stephen Jay Gould, sulfur, The Privileged Planet, Titan}

Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”

_{David Coppedge
August 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Planetology, Rare Earth

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It's intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 29, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amazon, Books & Culture, Brian Miller, Cambridge University Press, Darwinists, Erik Larson, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Evolution News, First Things, intelligent design, Jason Rosenhouse, Kenneth Miller, Rosenhouse’s Whoppers (series), The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

Rosenhouse’s Whoppers: More Guidance on Reading Jason Rosenhouse

_{William A. Dembski
August 29, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

4}

So much in Rosenhouse’s book is careless, giving no indication that he has carefully studied and adequately comprehended my work or that of my colleagues. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, abstraction, crying, Dogs, emotions, joy, pain, pets, Research, Scientific Reports, Smithsonian Magazine, The Scientist}

Study: Dogs Cry for Joy as Well as Pain

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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That shouldn’t really be too surprising because the fact that humans and dogs can share emotions is part of what forms bonds between us. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Caltech, experimentation, ID the Future, naturalism, Naturalistic Parabola, nature, Paul Nelson, podcast, Science, scientists, testing}

Paul Nelson: Listen to Nature for Her Answers

_{Science & Culture
August 27, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If we listen and test, nature can keep revealing herself in surprising ways, which is what makes science so fun. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 26, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, Big Bang, Eric Lerner, galaxies, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, Milky Way, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, sunset, universe}

Calm Down: Yes, the Big Bang Happened

_{David Klinghoffer
August 26, 2022

Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Don Lincoln, a Fermilab scientist, addresses claims that infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope cast doubt on the veracity of the Big Bang. Read More ›