Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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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
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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
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Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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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

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human consciousness

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Author
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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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
June 30, 2024
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Chemistry
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

Denyse O’Leary
June 30, 2024
Chemistry, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Read More ›
consciousness
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post
Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 15, 2024
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Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
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Cosmic Fine-Tuning as Evidence for the Reality of Consciousness

Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2024
Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Physical Sciences
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Many neuroscientists hold the materialist view that the mind is a user illusion generated by the brain. Read More ›
DNA
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Author
Jonathan McLatchie
Date
February 20, 2024
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Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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Atheist Philosopher Explains Why Intelligent Design Is Not a “God of the Gaps” Argument

Jonathan McLatchie
February 20, 2024
Faith & Science, Intelligent Design
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Despite our many disagreements, I sincerely appreciate Lowder’s spirit and intellectual honesty. I hope the next generation of secular thinkers follow his lead. Read More ›
honey bee
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 26, 2023
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2023
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
6
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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Author
Michael Flannery
Date
October 16, 2023
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Wallace’s Frenemies: A Lesson from Phillip Johnson

Michael Flannery
October 16, 2023
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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We can add Andrew Berry to the list of those quick to praise Alfred Wallace on certain matters but equally quick to condemn him on others. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 27, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can a Brainless Jellyfish Learn? How About Individual Cells? Do Molecules Communicate?

Denyse O’Leary
September 27, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
8
Cells are intelligent, in a way. But that fact is a much better argument for intelligent design than for the idea that the human intellect is insignificant. Read More ›
quantum mechanics
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Date
November 7, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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As Conscious Observers, Do We Help Create Our World?

Science & Culture
November 7, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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That’s the big question in quantum mechanics, as science communicator Elizabeth Fernandez explains. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 1, 2022
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Botany
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

Denyse O’Leary
September 1, 2022
Botany, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
3
The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms. Read More ›
honey bee
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 11, 2022
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

Denyse O’Leary
February 11, 2022
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
4
It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Read More ›

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