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Photo: Spiral galaxy NGC 7469, by ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. S. Evans.

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›
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Mimesis and the Reception of Intelligent Design Theory

Natural selection can't work until there is something functional enough to select, and without guidance it cannot happen. Read More ›
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Mimetic Behavior in the Scientific Community

Sometimes the suppression comes from the government. The restriction on doctors' freedom to use promising treatments during the pandemic was unprecedented. Read More ›
René Girard
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Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›

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