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David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

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Neuroscience & Mind
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Consultation: University of Toronto Psychiatrist Takes on Egnor

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July 2, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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Dr. Egnor gently points out that Dr. Ali has stumbled in understanding both what abstract thought means and what happens in certain rare cases of seizure. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
July 2, 2019

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Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __edited, Big Bang, cosmic fine-tuning, Frank Tipler, intelligent design, physical reality, prejudice, Singularity, supernatural, Tulane University, universe}

What — Or Who? — Is the Singularity?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 2, 2019

Physical Sciences, Physics

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I had thought of the Singularity as an event, to which the universe — physical reality — traces back at the moment of the Big Bang. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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, __edited, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, Blaise Pascal, cosmic fine-tuning, earth, heavens, humans, intelligent design, Milky Way, Moon, planets, religion, Science Uprising, stars, Wall Street Journal}

The Empty Heavens — Two Ways to Look at It

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Astronomy, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Adam Kirsch over the weekend had a thoughtful essay in the Wall Street Journal, meditating on the coming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __edited, cells, Craig Venter, DNA, Douglas Axe, human soul, information, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, materialists, molecules, protocells, researchers, Science Uprising, scientists, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry}

On the Origin of Life, Science Uprising Helps Break a Poisonous Spell

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Professor Tour is a personality to be reckoned with, pouring steely scorn on his colleagues who study, and mislead, about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 1, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __edited, cells, Craig Venter, DNA, Douglas Axe, human soul, information, intelligent design, James Tour, materialism, materialists, molecules, protocells, researchers, Science Uprising, scientists, Stephen Meyer, synthetic organic chemistry}

On the Origin of Life, Science Uprising Helps Break a Poisonous Spell

_{David Klinghoffer
July 1, 2019

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

3}

Professor Tour is a personality to be reckoned with, pouring steely scorn on his colleagues who study, and mislead, about the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 30, 2019

Categories
Geology
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Astrobiology: Searching for the Origin of Life, In All the Wrong Places

_{Michael Egnor
June 30, 2019

Geology, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences

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Astrobiologists think they may have found where life came from — cyanide in meteorites! Read More ›

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Date
June 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __edited, brain, brain imaging, Discovery Institute, eliminative materialism, human mind, ID the Future, intelligent design, materialism, neurosurgeon, podcast, science, Science Uprising, surgery, video, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Uprising: A Neurosurgon Takes on Materialism

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June 30, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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One currently common view, eliminative materialism, says there is nothing to the mind except what goes on in the brain. Read More ›

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Date
June 28, 2019

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Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
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, __edited, Denmark, DNA, intelligent design, Nature (journal), soil}

Environmental DNA: Information Covers the Globe

_{Science & Culture
June 28, 2019

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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If these codes were written large on paper, it would be like walking on piles of blueprints and dictionaries at every step. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 28, 2019

Categories
Physics
Scientific Freedom
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What’s Up with the Science Uprising Mask?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 28, 2019

Physics, Scientific Freedom

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Scanning down through the comments section under his post, I noticed a puzzled remark from one reader. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 27, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, abstract thought, atheism, brain, debate, epilepsy, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Neural Networks, neuroscience, psychiatry, Science Uprising, Stony Brook University, Wikipedia, Wilder Penfield}

Materialism Totters — Neural Network Theory to the Rescue?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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From Dr. Faizal Ali, it looks like another case of Materialism-of-the-Gaps reasoning. Read More ›