_{Discovering Design in Nature}

Authors

Bespectacled Michael Behe in Green Shirt, Coat, and Cap — Michael J. Behe

Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022 — Guillermo Gonzalez

David Klinghoffer in 2021 — David Klinghoffer

Andrew McDiarmid

Photo by Casey Sernaqué

Emily Reeves

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exothermic life

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2023

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bats, bees, behavior, chimpanzees, consciousness, crows, elephants, emotion, exothermic life, human consciousness, humans, insects, joy, Lars Chittka, octopuses, pain, Scientific American, sentience, Thomas Nagel}

What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, David Barash, earthworms, evolution, exothermic life, intelligence, invertebrates, Nautilus, neuroscience, pain, panpsychism, Richard Dawkins, sentience, slaughter, University of Washington}

Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Read More ›