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June 11, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, ATP synthase, autism, cancer, chimpanzees, Drosophila, evolutionists, genome, heart disease, human uniqueness, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, mitochondria, Nature (journal), Nature Genetics, non-coding DNA, proteins, science stopper, transcription factors, University of Toronto}

Genetic Surprises Support Intelligent Design Claims

_{Science & Culture
June 11, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Several news items reinforce ideas advanced by ID advocates regarding junk DNA, irreducible complexity, and human uniqueness. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
April 23, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, __k-review, adaptation, Africa, apes, atheism, BBC, bonobos, chimpanzees, Christians, church, Darwinism, Easter, Eucharist, evolution, great apes, humans, Jane Goodall, jesus, last common ancestor, Mass, materialists, meals, monkeys, neocortex, On the Origin of Species, religion, savannah}

How Did Religion “Evolve”?

_{Michael Egnor
April 23, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It’s telling that one kind of evolution always seems to be missing from these “theories” about the evolutionary origins of religion. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, bread, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 10, 2019

Categories
Arts
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bible, chimpanzees, David Barash, DNA, humans, mitochondria, music, New York Times, organelles, Seattle, University of Washington}

On Being Human — A Reflection

_{Ann Gauger
January 10, 2019

Arts, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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Date
November 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Australia, birds, cats, chimpanzees, crocodiles, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, Field Museum of Natural History, Flight, genome, innovation, intelligent design, mice, Royal Society Open Science, tools}

News for the Birds — Smart, Gymnastic, Flute-Playing, Surviving

_{Science & Culture
November 12, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Is it reasonable that two populations would independently hit on an adaptation by chance? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Africans, animal rights, Bronx Zoo, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, clergy, Darwinism, frivolous lawsuits, Happy (elephant), human rights, Human Zoos, Monkey House, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, Ota Benga, scientific racism, Tree of Life, Wesley Smith, writ of habeas corpus}

On Human and Animal Rights, the Twisted Course of Evolutionary “Philosophy”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 5, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism

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Wesley Smith commented earlier on the struggle, via litigation by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NRP), to grant human-like “rights” to an elephant in the Bronx Zoo. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood}

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2018

Bioethics

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Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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Date
September 25, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, chimpanzees, common ancestor, common ancestry, Darwin's Doubt, evolutionary biology, genetic data, humans, Journal of Molecular Evolution, mice, Molecular Biology and Evolution, molecular clock, Nature (journal), organisms, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, Stephen Meyer, theistic evolution, Y chromosome}

Response to Swamidass: Rats, Mice, and Discrepant Molecular Clocks

_{Science & Culture
September 25, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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Molecular clocks are a relatively simple concept. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestor, common descent, common design, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, DNA, genetic similarity, genome, humans, mice, molecular clock, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Washington University, Winston Ewert}

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

_{Science & Culture
September 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›