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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 31, 2018

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __k-review, brain, Brandeis University, geometry, incompleteness theorem, intentionality, Kurt Gödel, law of non-contradiction, logic, mind, naturalism, propositions, Pythagorean Theorem, qualia}

Naturalism and Self-Refutation

_{Michael Egnor
January 31, 2018

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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How much does Gödel’s incompleteness theorem weigh? What is the physics of non-contradiction? How many millimeters long is Tom Clark’s argument for naturalism? Read More ›

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Date
January 31, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Altenberg 16, Burgess Shale, Cambrian animals, Canada, Charles Marshall, China, Darwin's Doubt, Ediacaran fauna, Graham Budd, Greenland, paleontology, Sebastian Willman, Stephen Meyer, Uppsala University, Vernanimalcula}

Earlier Burgess-Shale-Type Fossils Found in Greenland

_{Science and Culture
January 31, 2018

Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design

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Exquisitely preserved animal fossils now show up on three widely separated continents. The earliest are just as complex as those in the Burgess Shale. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
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, __k-review, cannabis, clones, cows, embryo, embryology, legislation, marijuana, monkey, reproductive cloning, scientists, Wesley J. Smith}

Monkey Clones: Harbingers of Things to Come?

_{Ann Gauger
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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An amazing technical accomplishment, it also elicits dread. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, Carl Jung, debate, evolution, Harvard University, heretics, intelligent design, interview, Jordan Peterson, lobsters, orthodoxy, serotonin, theistic evolution, Wall Street Journal}

What Jordan Peterson Might Say to Intelligent Design Proponents

_{David Klinghoffer
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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Peterson’s signature issues aren’t really on the radar screen here, and behind much of his perspective on psychology is a standard evolutionary viewpoint. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ambient temperature, freezing, hydrological cycle, ice, intelligent design, life, Michael Denton, minerals, mountains, ocean, Paul Davies, rocks, Seattle, soil, surface tension, The Wonder of Water}

Behind Water’s Beauty, Wondrous Utility

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 30, 2018

Botany, Intelligent Design

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"The hydrological cycle has reliably delivered water to the terrestrial ecosystems of planet Earth for millions of years." Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, creator, evil, Frankenstein, horror, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, knowledge, love, Mary Shelley, Oxford University, science, scientists}

Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Have We Heeded the Warning?

_{Richard Weikart
January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Shelley’s cautionary tale of a scientific experiment run amok has profound implications for today’s bioethics debates. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alain Beauvilain, burial, Chad, Darwinian paradigm, femur, fossils, gorilla, hominid, human origins, Israel, John Hawks, mandible, Miocene, Misliya cave, paleoanthropology, Sahara Desert, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Stony Brook University}

For Paleoanthropology, Dawn of Another Annus Horribilis

_{Günter Bechly
January 29, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology

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In 2001, French scientist Alain Beauvilain and three Chadian colleagues discovered a fossil cranium in the dunes of the Chadian Sahara Desert. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 29, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, amoeba, Charles Darwin, DNA, evolutionary theory, evolutionary tree, molecular data, natural selection, nerve cells, neurotransmitter, synapses, tautology}

Early Complexity: An Evolutionary Case Study

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 29, 2018

Evolution

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Amoebas contain hundreds of times more DNA than humans, and this “just didn’t make sense.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 28, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, Carl Linnaeus, chimpanzees, common ancestry, DNA, genus, Homo sapiens, human origins, ID the Future, John Gribbin, Pan paniscus, Sarah Chaffee, species, theology}

Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 28, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology

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A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind's exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bobby Jindal, conservative, Darpa, debate, diversity, dogmatism, evolution, intelligent design, Louisiana, Microsoft, National Research Council, National Review Online, Salk Institute, science}

Teaching Science as Dogma Isn’t Teaching Science at All

_{Sarah Chaffee
January 26, 2018

Intelligent Design, Science Education, Scientific Freedom, Technology

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Former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal writes about the lack of diversity in thought at universities, mentioning intelligent design. Read More ›