Seattle Type post Date May 16, 2018 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, application, Center for Science and Culture, communication, Discovery Institute, editing, intelligent design, job, Seattle, social media Needed at Discovery Institute Seattle Offices — Versatile and Energetic Team Member Science and Culture May 16, 2018 Intelligent Design 2 Are you passionate about intelligent design? Are you looking for a way to turn your passion into a full-time job? Read More ›
black tailed prairie dog Type post Author Michael Egnor Date June 2, 2017 CategoriesLife SciencesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, communication, designators, prairie dogs, signal, Tom Wolfe Prairie Dogs Are Cute, But Can They Talk? Michael Egnor June 2, 2017 Life Sciences, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 7 There is no doubt that prairie dogs (and many animals) are quite clever. In some ways, animals can be cleverer than men. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 31, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, behaviorism, communication, Daniel Everett, designators, grammar, human exceptionalism, human language, immaterial mind, language, language organ, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, universals, words Tom Wolfe on Language and Evolution Michael Egnor August 31, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 I think that Noam Chomsky is fundamentally right, and I am skeptical of Daniel Everett's claim. Read More ›
Type post Date July 29, 2016 CategoriesPlanetologyRare EarthScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, advanced life, alien intelligence, alien life, communication, complex life, design detection, extra-terrestrial intelligence, Extra-Terrestrial Life, materialism, occult, preconditions, probabilities, research funding, science fiction, SETI, signal, space aliens, space exploration After Fifty Years of Searching for ETs, Materialists Won’t Take No for an Answer Science and Culture July 29, 2016 Planetology, Rare Earth, Scientific Reasoning 9 If your idea is that life on Earth is nothing special, it follows that life should be plentiful in the cosmos. Read More ›
the-very-smart-dog-studying-old-books-in-library-stockpack-a-134696057-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date December 4, 2015 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __nedited, agency, alphabet, altruism, animal behavior, animal intelligence, Animal Minds (series), automaton, bees, communication, ethology, evolutionary ethics, free will, grammar, group selection, jellyfish, reasoning, selfish genes, selfishness, symbolic thinking What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds? Denyse O’Leary December 4, 2015 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 11 If we can't even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind? Read More ›