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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 8, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Brazil, Burmese amber, Crato Formation, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph model, dragonflies, empirical data, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, insects, intelligent design, larvae, Natural History Museum, paleoentomology, Pegasus, phylogenetic systematics, phylogenetics, Stuttgart, stylets, Tübingen University, Willi Hennig, Winston Ewert}

Fossil Friday: Cretaceous Insect Chimera Illustrates a Design Principle

_{Günter Bechly
December 8, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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Why does this fossil insect specimen have implications for intelligent design? The reason lies in the striking convergences it exhibits. Read More ›

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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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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
November 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, amber, Carboniferous Period, caterpillar, crustaceans, Darwinism, Dollo’s Law, evo-devo, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Holometabola, holometabolan insects, homology, hybridization, Illustra Media, insects, intelligent design, irreversibility, Lepidoptera, Maria Sybilla Merian, Metamorphosis, paleontology, prolegs, tree resin, Trichoptera}

Fossil Friday: How the Caterpillar Got Its Legs, or Not

_{Günter Bechly
November 10, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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In spite of all the scientific efforts by Darwinists, the origin of complete metamorphosis in holometabolan insects remains an unsolved mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 27, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioengineering, birds, cells, communication, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminationism, human body, human consciousness, humans, illusion, insects, Integrated information theory, intelligence, jellyfish, Macquarie University, Michael Levin, Nature (journal), octopuses, panpsychism, physicalism, Tufts University, University of Montreal}

Can a Brainless Jellyfish Learn? How About Individual Cells? Do Molecules Communicate?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 27, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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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 ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 17, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, ants, cell phones, civilization, foresight, functional complexity, GPS, honeybees, information, insects, instinct, intelligent design, natural disasters, natural processes, non-life, San Diego, unguided natural processes}

The Origin of Life and the Wonder of Daily Existence

_{Eric Hedin
July 17, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Origin of Life

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Sometimes, civilization’s design breaks down, and we then see how complex, interdependent, and fragile the system really is. Read More ›

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Author
Herman B. Bouma

Date
March 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Adam Sedgwick, ants, bees, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Cambrian strata, cancel culture, Charles Darwin, evolution, eyes, females, flies, Giraffe, honeycomb, insects, Louis Agassiz, males, National Science Teaching Association, natural selection, naturalists, On the Origin of Species, organs, paleontologists, Precambrian strata, random variations, sudden appearance}

Darwin’s Top 10 Arguments Against His Own Theory

_{Herman B. Bouma
March 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Paleontology, Science

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In its youth the flat-fish is symmetrical with one eye on each side. However, as the body matures, one eye “begins to glide slowly round the head.” Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 24, 2023

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Science
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Carboniferous Period, Darwinism, dragonfly, evolution, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, Germany, insects, intelligent design, Palaeodictyoptera, paleontologists, Paleozoic, sensory hairs, wing venation, winged insects, wings}

Fossil Friday: The Abrupt Origin of Winged Insects

_{Günter Bechly
March 24, 2023

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Paleontology, Science

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According to Darwinism, the evolution of such a system would have required a plethora of intermediate stages that brought this locomotory apparatus into being. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, distance, honey bees, human language, information, insects, intelligent design, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance}

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
March 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, bees, bugs, butterfly, disease, fly, human benefit, humans, insects, Jonathan Birch, Lars Chittka, larvae, rivers, Texas State University, Wired}

Pushing Insect Welfare

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 19, 2023

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it. Read More ›

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Date
February 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brazil, carnivorous plants, convergent evolution, evolution, evolutionary pathway, Foresight (book), ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, Marcos Eberlin, natural selection, podcast, Venus flytrap}

Venus Flytrap Takes a Bite Out of Darwinism

_{Science and Culture
February 18, 2023

Biology, Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The evolutionary mechanism of natural selection selects for current function, not potential future function. Read More ›