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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, common ancestry, common design, CRISPR-Cas9, dependency graph, Discovery Institute, Dogs, evolution, genetic code, genetic similarity, Gutsick Gibbon, health, intelligent design, S. Joshua Swamidass, separate ancestry, Winston Ewert, YouTube videos}

I Got Critiqued by YouTuber Gutsick Gibbon

_{Emily Reeves
August 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Erika is pursuing her Master’s of Research in Primate Biology, Behavior and Conservation and is the creator of hundreds of punchy, entertaining YouTube videos. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Science
Tagged
, abstract concepts, abstract thought, abstractions, animal intelligence, chimpanzees, Dogs, dolphins, neuroscience, rabbits, social justice}

Claim: Dogs Can Form “Abstract Concepts”

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Science

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It’s a good idea to be skeptical when any such claim is followed up with the assertion that humans “aren’t that cognitively unique after all.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 14, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australia, birds, brain, Canada, cephalopods, consciousness, crickets, Dogs, evolution, intelligence, Japan, London School of Economics, mammals, memory, New Zealand, octopuses, spinal cord, vertebrates}

If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 26, 2022

Categories
Biology
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, antibiotics, cats, chimpanzees, corals, Dogs, dolphins, elephants, Gabon, grass, health, medicine, pain, parasites, University of Zurich}

These Animals Know How to Self-Medicate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 26, 2022

Biology, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “animals’ pharmacy” mainly aims at treating parasites and wounds using plants and insects. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 24, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, chimpanzees, conversation, Dogs, emotions, Frans de Waal, horses, James Hutton, moral choice, morality, Nautilus, right, Templeton Foundation, University of Vienna, wrong}

Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 24, 2022

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, humans, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, cats, crabs, Dogs, Emory University, emotions, evolution, Frans de Waal, intelligence, Nautilus, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, seafood, shells, squid}

Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, birds, circular reasoning, common ancestry, Dogs, evolution, Explore Evolution, homology, humans, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, Khan Academy, limbs, students, teachers, vertebrates, whales}

Khan Academy Video, “Evidence for Evolution,” Gives Circular Arguments for Common Ancestry

_{Casey Luskin
February 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If you define homology as resulting from common ancestry, you can’t then turn around and use that as an argument for common ancestry. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, Arizona State University, chihuahua, Dogs, emotions, humans, intelligent design, National Geographic, sentences, signals, words}

Dogs Understand Many More Words than We Think

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Of course, the dog is responding to words as signals, not as components of sentences. Read More ›

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Date
September 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood pressure, cats, Darwinism, Dogs, evolutionary theory, information, intelligent design, lobsters, Northwestern University, PNAS, rabbits, rats, rodents}

Rats! Another Code Found in Whiskers

_{Science & Culture
September 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Neurons in a rat’s whiskers “represent multiple stimulus features in a tiled and continuous manner, thus encoding large regions of a complex sensory space.” Read More ›