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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 23, 2024

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Aeon, fungi, human beings, intelligence, neuroscience, panpsychism, physicalism, William James}

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 23, 2024

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›

Close-up of a bacterium under a microscope, with vivid purple and pink colors highlighting cellular details.

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
April 11, 2024

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, archaea, bacteria, cells, cognition, consciousness, evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, fungi, intelligent design, mind, minds, Neo-Darwinism, Peter Corning, protozoans, sentience, unguided evolution}

Was God a Bacterium?

_{Daniel Witt
April 11, 2024

Botany, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We should acknowledge that this theory is, unlike some similar attempts, at least an actual solution: if true, it would explain how complex life evolved. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 31, 2023

Categories
Botany
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algae, Aristotle, bacteria, biopolymers, cell walls, cellulose, Current Biology, evolutionists, fungi, genes, glucose, machines, meteorites, microbes, molecular machines, NASA, proteins, slime molds, sugars, tunicates, volcanoes, wood}

Cellulose Doesn’t Just Happen

_{David Coppedge
May 31, 2023

Botany, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The most abundant biopolymer on Earth requires a host of machines, genes, proteins, and accessories. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
April 26, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, antibiotic resistance, Australia, bioRxiv, fungi, genes, genomes, horizontal gene transfer, information, jumping genes, microbes, Neo-Darwinism, PNAS, prokaryotes, selfish genes, SETI, Star Trek, Sweden, transposable elements, transposons, Uppsala University}

Starship Enterprise: Fungal Transposons Boldly Go

_{David Coppedge
April 26, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Newly recognized large transposable elements in fungi dubbed Starships may not be selfish after all. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, anesthesia, Claude Bernard, consciousness, fungi, gene expression, nervous system, RNA, Venus flytrap, worms}

How Plants Talk When We’re Not Around

_{Denyse O’Leary
April 15, 2022

Biology, Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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One genuine surprise in recent decades has been the discovery that plants have nervous systems like animals. 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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Date
January 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, agriculture, asteroids, Cyanobacteria, Darwinists, ecosystems, Elizabeth Pennisi, fungi, intelligent design, Mars, microbes, microbiome, mites, Nature (journal), nematode, pathogens, protists, skin, soil, springtails, tardigrades, Yale University}

Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

_{Science & Culture
January 2, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›

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Author
Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig

Date
December 14, 2020

Categories
Anatomy
Botany
Life Sciences
Tagged
, bacteria, Carl Linnaeus, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, evolution, ferns, fungi, Hippocrates, history, mites, morphology, natural selection, nematodes, plant galls, Rutgers University, viruses}

Plant Galls and Evolution: A Neglected Study

_{Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
December 14, 2020

Anatomy, Botany, Life Sciences

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In my new contribution, I restrict myself to important facets of the historical side of plant gall research. Read More ›

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Date
February 27, 2020

Categories
Botany
Epistemology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, ammonia, BBC News, biosphere, flowering plants, fungi, intelligent design, Jordan, maize, oxygen, pesticides, soil, water}

Getting to the Roots of Design

_{Science & Culture
February 27, 2020

Botany, Epistemology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Plants make food for everyone else, but they couldn’t do it without a lot of help from their microbial friends. Read More ›