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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 20, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, world}

Quebec Can’t Wait to Kill

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 20, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

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Waiting periods for reflection are supposed to be a "safeguard" against abuse in euthanasia and assisted suicide. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 20, 2016

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __tedited, conscious experience, Jerry Coyne, meaning, self-consciousness, thoughts}

Atheist Philosopher Thinks “We Never Have Direct Access To Our Thoughts”

_{Michael Egnor
July 20, 2016

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialist theories of the mind border on the insane. Read More ›

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Date
July 20, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, events, Science, video}

Intelligent Design — The Future! Join Us on August 12 to Celebrate 20 Years of Advancing Science and Culture

_{Science and Culture
July 20, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

This wonderful event will feature the premiere of an hour-long documentary, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 19, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, junk DNA, science}

On Junk DNA Claim, Francis Collins Walks It Back, Admitting “Hubris”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 19, 2016

Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

1}

By "hubris" perhaps he means the overweening tendency to assume that scientific opinion as constituted at the moment has got it all figured out. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
July 19, 2016

Categories
Philosophy of Science
Tagged
, __tedited, ethicists, eugenics, relativism, scientism, scientocracy, Social Darwinism}

Yes, There Can Be Science Without Scientism, and Without Relativism

_{Sarah Chaffee
July 19, 2016

Philosophy of Science

4}

Can we reject the confines of pure materialism without rejecting the information-value of data? Read More ›

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post

Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 19, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal intelligence, grammar, human intelligence, language, learning, signals}

Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language

_{Michael Egnor
July 19, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven't detected. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __tedited, appeal to authority, design intuition, scientific credibility, scientists, trust in scientists, Undeniable (book)}

More Scientists Praise Douglas Axe’s Undeniable

_{David Klinghoffer
July 18, 2016

Intelligent Design

3}

One of the refreshing things about Dr. Axe's new book is his confession that you don't have to take his word for any of it. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, Science}

Once Again, Astrobiologists Put a Veneer of Sophistication on Ignorance

_{Science and Culture
July 18, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

1}

The Drake equation quantified ignorance about SETI. A new equation does the same for the origin of life. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 18, 2016

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __tedited, abstract concepts, animal communication, animal languages, bird song, bird vocalizations, complex structures, complexity, designators, finches, functional complexity, functional specificity, grammar, human language, language, metaphysical, Nature, signal}

Are Birdsongs Language?

_{Michael Egnor
July 18, 2016

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

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Atheist mathematician Jeff Shallit insists that animals have language. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 17, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, Nature, Research}

How Could We Know if Animals Can Think Abstractly?

_{Michael Egnor
July 17, 2016

Evolution

1}

I have laid out in previous posts the evidence that animals are not capable of abstract thought. Read More ›