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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

human consciousness

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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 6, 2026
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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Human Consciousness, from Mud to Mind?

Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2026
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
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If human language — which is unlike any other communication in nature — evolved from something, we simply have no idea what that something is.  Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 19, 2026
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Life Sciences
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
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The Latest: Plants as “Non-Human Persons”

Denyse O’Leary
June 19, 2026
Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning
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The need to see humans as equivalent to animals has now spread to the need to see us as equivalent to plants. Read More ›
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A brain with electric currents, 3D brain, A brain with lightning currents of electricity.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
May 4, 2026
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Do Brain-Jolts Really Explain Near-Death Experiences?

Denyse O’Leary
May 4, 2026
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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One change I have noticed recently is that science writers seem a bit more careful with the topic than they used to be. Read More ›
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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 28, 2025
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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What Can Science Tell Us About the Existence of God?

Andrew McDiarmid
October 28, 2025
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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The worldview of materialism is increasingly at odds with the latest scientific discoveries of the last hundred years. Read More ›
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Author
Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 24, 2025
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Evolution
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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The Scientific Discoveries That Make Materialism an Irrational Belief

Andrew McDiarmid
October 24, 2025
Evolution, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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For the last 150 years, many have assumed science has ejected God from the picture, a quaint relic of a less enlightened past. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 27, 2025
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Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Reassessing Daniel Dennett on Consciousness as an Illusion

Denyse O’Leary
August 27, 2025
Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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It is a waste of time to pretend that consciousness is simply an “amazing collection of almost mundane tricks in the brain.” Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 28, 2025
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Archaeology
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
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Birds Don’t Drive Buicks Because of … Evolution, You See

Denyse O’Leary
June 28, 2025
Archaeology, Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind
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This all seems a roundabout way of saying that humans are exceptional. And here’s the question that no one in evolutionary biology has the answer to. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 27, 2025
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientists Examining Consciousness — Here’s the Problem

Denyse O’Leary
January 27, 2025
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Many researchers do like to write about consciousness and here are two recent contributions to the accessible literature. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 30, 2024
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Botany
Evolution
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Plant Consciousness and the Darwinian Project

Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2024
Botany, Evolution, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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The forces Darwinism unleashed were surely bound to head in this direction. It was only a matter of time. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
July 31, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›

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