Tag: laughter

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, art, atoms, calculus, Carlo Rovelli, chimpanzees, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Dogs, electrons, great apes, higher power, human consciousness, human language, humans, intelligent design, language, laughter, literature, Michael Egnor, mud, panpsychism, Patricia Churchland, Paul Churchland, sand dollar, speech, squirrels, trees, universe}

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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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 5, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Bantu, bonobos, Chiara De Gregorio, chimpanzees, Communications Biology, DuckDuckGo, English, French Academy, Genesis, gorillas, great apes, human speech, humans, intelligent design, isochrony, Japanese, laughter, metronome, Nature (journal), orangutans, origin of language, primates, Shigeru Miyagawa, University of Warwick, Why Agree? Why Move?, ZME Science}

Speech, Laughter, and Intelligent Design

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 5, 2026

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 4, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain hemispheres, cerebral cortex, Christof Koch, consciousness, doctors, family, Global Workspace Theory, Integrated information theory, laughter, materialism, meat machines, mind, neuroscientists, nurses, René Descartes, soul, subjective experience, The Immortal Mind, Wilder Penfield}

The Boy Who Proved Most Theories of Consciousness Wrong

_{Michael Egnor
June 4, 2025

Anatomy, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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He was unequivocally conscious — without a cerebral cortex and even without brain hemispheres. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
November 5, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animation, circular reasoning, common descent, evolution, homology, intelligent design, laughter, learning, Long Story Short, species, YouTube videos}

“Long Story” Sunday: Why Homology Can’t Be Used as Evidence for Evolution

_{Emily Sandico
November 5, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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How has your weekend been so far? There's still time to spice it up with a little laughter and learning. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Adam and Eve, adrenaline, babies, bonobos, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, comedians, Doctor's Diary (series), evolution, exercise, fish, gorillas, human origins, humor, Immune System, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, laughter, oxygenation, rats, Robin Williams, specified complexity, The New England Journal of Medicine, topoisomerases, UCLA, Uranus}

Doctor’s Diary: There’s Nothing Funny About Evolution

_{Geoffrey Simmons
June 21, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Is a sense of humor a byproduct, an accident, or was it installed on purpose? For better health? There definitely seems to be a purpose. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 17, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, ambiguity, artificial intelligence, bison, computers, elephant, Gary Smith, humans, humor, laughter, npr, Robert J. Marks II, Twitter, Walter Bradley Center}

Robert J. Marks: Humor, Ambiguity, and AI

_{David Klinghoffer
June 17, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Dr. Marks thinks it’s possible that AI may improve in its ability to resolve ambiguous language. Right now it’s not looking so good. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, Brief Answers to the Big Questions, faith, ID the Future, Ira Berkowitz, Jerusalem, laughter, Moshe Averick, Nonsense of a High Order, podcast, religion, Stephen Hawking}

Is It Impious to Laugh at Stephen Hawking’s Thoughts on Religion?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Physics

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Rabbi Moshe Averick concludes, “If he did physics that way his university would have fired him.” Read More ›