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Stephen Meyer
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ID as an “Argument from Ignorance”? And Other Questions for Stephen Meyer

He also answers another objection, namely that our uniform experience with designing minds is that minds are embodied in material brains. Read More ›
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Is It a Boy or a Girl?

Parents with a new baby are almost always asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” And the answer is almost always one or the other. Read More ›
Sabine Hossenfelder
Photo: Sabine Hossenfelder, by HossenfelderS, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim

Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth? Read More ›
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Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage

Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire. Read More ›
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Another Push for Plant “Rights”

There is increasing wind in the sails of everything-deserves-rights advocacy. Read More ›
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Brain with blood isolated on black background with clipping path
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"Are We Really Conscious?": A Reply to Dr. Graziano’s Brain

It is sloppy to use dubious metaphors to describe brains or people. It is egregious to actually believe those metaphors. Read More ›

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