Tag: blindness

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 3, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, blindness, eyesight, Forrest Mims, hearing, ID the Future, interview, Maverick Scientist, science}

For a Maverick Scientist, Curiosity Lead to Unexpected Adventures

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 3, 2024

Intelligent Design, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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In 1907, Forrest Mims’s great-grandfather lost his eyesight in a train track construction accident. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, death, faith and science, Gary Habermas, Heaven, home, ID the Future, Minding the Brain, near-death experiences, podcast, scientific evidence, testimony}

The Scientific Evidence for Near-Death Experiences

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 1, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Personal testimony about other realms can’t be independently corroborated, but objective evidence rooted in this world can be confirmed and evaluated. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, Charles Darwin, consciousness, evolution, intelligence, intelligent design, Leonhard Euler, materialists, mind, Nancy Pearcey, rationality, Richard Dawkins, San Francisco State University, Theodosius Dobzhansky, William Provine, zombies}

Self-Referential Absurdity in a Theory of Consciousness

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2023

Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Leonhard Euler was known to work out complex derivations in his head while blind. Of what possible use was this ability for survival? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, atheism, blindness, brain activity, cardiac arrest, consciousness, death, heart, materialism, materialists, mind, neuroscience, Salon, Twitter, University of Montreal, Wesley Smith}

Neuroscientist: Near-Death Experiences Are “Utterly Incompatible” with Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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"NDE studies suggest that after physical death, mind and consciousness may continue in a transcendent level of reality." Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 24, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, "poor design", bioengineering, biological information, biotechnology, blindness, design intuition, Erika DeBenedictis, evolutionary processes, genome, genome editing, Hg38, intelligent design, iPhone, MIT, optimality, TEDx talk}

Intelligent Design Has Implications for Genome Editing

_{Emily Reeves
May 24, 2021

Bioethics, Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Biology is a lavish display of sophisticated designs exceeding all human engineering to date. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 6, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, blindness, brain, cerebral cortex, eyes, form, mind, neurobiology, occipital lobes, perception, person, philosophy of mind, retina, sensations, soul}

The Mystery of Blindsight Helps Us Understand the Mind Better

_{Michael Egnor
April 6, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Blindsight is the remarkable ability of some blind people to sense objects that they cannot actually see. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, BBC, bees, blindness, developing world, fungus, GMO, Golden Rice, insects, malaria, mosquito, Science (journal), unintended consequences}

GMO Fungus Mass Kills Malaria Mosquitoes

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2019

Life Sciences, Technology

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Anti-humanists would rather that children die of malaria than allow a fungus to be modified genetically. Read More ›

Golden Rice grain compared to white rice grain in screenhouse of Golden Rice plants.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 8, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Bangladesh, blindness, GMO, Golden Rice, health, hunger, Indonesia, Luddites, malnutrition, New Zealand, nutrition, Philippines, poverty, safety, South Asia}

Opposing “Golden Rice” Is Anti-Human

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 8, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if half a million destitute children could be saved each year from blindness or death from Vitamin A deficiency? Read More ›