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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, ancient Greece, civilization, color, complexity, creator, doctors, E.O. Wilson, emergence, emotion, empirical science, engineers, human mind, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, knowing, memory, photon, quantum mechanics, René Descartes, science of purpose, scientific method, scientism, sound, theology, thought, vision, wave function, Werner Heisenberg}

Understanding the Limits of Scientism

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
November 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The great impasse in empirical science was reached early in the 20th century when quantum mechanics was first being developed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, American Kennel Club, animals, bird song, birds, cats, cuttlefish, David M. Peña-Guzmán, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, jumping spiders, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, symbols, thought, whales}

Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, Canada, consciousness, dementia, euthanasia, memory, neurobiology, neuroscience, paradoxical lucidity, Stony Brook University}

Clues About Consciousness from Dementia Research

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2023

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The phenomenon is called "paradoxical lucidity" because it is unexpected and we know very little about its causes. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, appetite, brain, Brown University, Cartesian dualism, Christianity, consciousness, emotion, evolution, eye, intellect, Kenneth Miller, materialism, memory, mind-brain problem, neuroscience, perception, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, Roman Catholic, sensations, soul, The Human Instinct, Thomas Aquinas}

Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain activity, brain scan, brain waves, Bruce Greyson, death, emotion, failure, hearing, heart, memory, near-death experiences, vision}

Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2022

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, asymmetry, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, dopamine, FOXP2, humans, intelligence, macaque, memory, nerve fibers, Peter Hess, primates, speech, thinking, Yale University}

More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

_{Science and Culture
September 2, 2022

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
August 5, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chairs, creationists, cytoskeleton, design constraint, diet, ecological niches, Erika, evolution, genes, Gutsick Gibbon, intelligent design, lifestyle, locomotion, memory, metabolism, migration, p-value, phylogenetics, selection, separate ancestry, splicing, synapomorphy, tinkering, transport, universal common ancestor, YouTube videos}

Why Their Separate Ancestry Model Is “Wildly Unrealistic”

_{Emily Reeves
August 5, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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On Monday, I will look at the consistency of the phylogenetically informative sites for the Baum et al. (2016) paper. Spoiler alert: It looks like design. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 4, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, aging, dementia, Dogs, health, Hungary, memory, mice, neuroscience, Texas A&M, University of Arizona, University of Washington}

Can Old Dogs Learn New Tricks? It Depends

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 4, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Not much is known for sure about how dogs age. The Dog Aging Project aims to change that through systematic research programs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 14, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Australia, birds, brain, Canada, cephalopods, consciousness, crickets, Dogs, evolution, intelligence, Japan, Korea, London School of Economics, mammals, Mediterranean, memory, My Octopus Teacher, New Zealand, octopuses, spinal cord, vertebrates, warm-bloodedness}

If Octopuses Are So Smart, Should We Eat Them?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 14, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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We have tended to assume that intelligence rose with the development of a spinal cord and brain (vertebrates), and warmbloodedness (mammals and birds). Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, nonhumans, self-awareness, self-determination}

Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›