Tag: mind

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
October 6, 2026

Categories
Biology
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arguments, causal adequacy, cosmic fine-tuning, digital information, DNA, evidence, explanations, God of the gaps, ignorance, information, intelligent cause, intelligent design, materialistic processes, mind, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, specified information, Stephen Meyer, The God Delusion, understanding}

Return of the God-of-the-Gaps Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
October 6, 2026

Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design

4}

True, our ID argument does depend in part upon critical assessments of the causal adequacy of materialistic explanations for the origin of DNA information. Read More ›

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Author
Stephen C. Meyer

Date
September 29, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, beginning, complex entities, cosmology, designer, DNA, Dunkirk, Energy, engines, evolutionary theory, fine-tuning, French recipes, infinite regress, information, initial entropy, intelligent design, matter, mind, neo-Darwinian mechanism, Ockham’s razor, origin of life, Richard Dawkins, software, Stephen Meyer, Stonehenge, The God Delusion, The Telegraph, uncaused cause, universe, worldview}

Three Replies to the “Who Designed the Designer?” Objection

_{Stephen C. Meyer
September 29, 2026

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

5}

Suppose scientists did formulate a viable materialistic explanation for the origin of life. Couldn’t someone ask for an account of the origin of matter itself? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 24, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Zoology
Tagged
, animals, artificial inteligence, biologgers, Bloomberg, buzzards, cave paintings, chimpanzees, Coller Dolittle Challenge, communication, CUNY, Daniela Canestrari, Earth Species Project, ethics, fungi, Kristin Andrews, Marriah Alcantara, mind, New York Post, plants, privacy rights, Ronny Reyes, Spain, Topoi, University of Leon, WEIRD, whales}

Next Big Thing Is… Privacy Rights for Animals?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 24, 2026

Computational Sciences, Ethics, Zoology

5}

If we came across chimpanzee cave paintings, we would, of course, reconsider. But the thing is, we don’t. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Devil’s Chaplain, biology journals, Cell (journal), cell phones, Christians, Darwinism, Darwinist materialism, debates, detritus, ENCODE project, engineers, evolutionary biologists, expectations, function, genome, genomic function, informational sequences, intelligence, intelligent minds, junk DNA, materialism, mind, New Atheists, paradigm shift, paradigms, Richard Dawkins, scientific discovery, theistic evolutionists, Townhall}

Casey Luskin: A Chasm Between Paradigms

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

To speak of a “paradigm shift” on Junk DNA is another way of saying that the debate is over and ID won. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, arithmetic, brain, denial, Denyse O’Leary, dualism, emotions, human existence, humans, intellect, materialism, memories, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, neuroscientists, open-brain surgery, organs, philosophers, reality, Secrets of the Human Body, sensations, soul, The Immortal Mind, theologians, Wilder Penfield, will}

Dr. Egnor: Denying the Mystery of the Mind

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

The mind, operating outside the body, can use reason to add 1 and 1 and reach a sum of 2. The brain cannot. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
September 1, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, AAAS, American Association for the Advancement of Science, amino acids, cells, cellular metabolism, chemical reactions, chemists, DNA, early Earth, Energy, energy production, failed models, information processing, investigators, mind, nanozymes, nucleotide chains, origin of life, overinterpretation, particles, peptides, photosynthesis, polymerization, Protein World, proteins, Research (journal), RNA, RNA world, self-replicating RNA, thermodynamics, Yongdong Jin}

Nonsense with “Nanozymes”: New Origin-of-Life Theory Fails to Impress

_{Brian Miller
September 1, 2026

Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

Yongdong Jin proposes that microscopic particles, which he terms nanozymes, orchestrated many of the major steps in the synthesis of the first cell. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 17, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Behind and Beyond the Brain Symposium, brains, Christof Koch, Closer to Truth, cognition, David Chalmers, emotions, filter model, hard problem of consciousness, Human Immortality (book), Integrated information theory, J. L. Saver, J. Rabin, materialism, mental awareness, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neuroscientists, paradoxical lucidity, Peter Kreeft, reality, receptors, reducing valve, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Science Daily, sensations, senses, terminal lucidity, thoughts, universe, William James}

What if the Brain Is a Filter?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 17, 2026

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

The idea would provides insight into one of the most significant characteristics of near-death experiences, the extraordinary lucidity that experiencers report. Read More ›

Glittering dna helix with golden particles in a biotech concept

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 11, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, acetyl tags, biochemical functionality, BioEssays, biological codes, Biological Theory, biology, code, control, convergence, DNA, ENCODE project, evolution, First Things, Forrest Mims, Francis Collins, genes, Genome Biology and Evolution, Human Genome Project, information, information compression, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, junk DNA, methyl tags, Michael Levin, mind, ontogenetic information, paradigm shift, phylogenetic signal, phylogenomic conflict, Platonism, random mutations, repetitive DNA, Richard Sternberg, Science (journal), science stopper, Simon Conway Morris, Taking Stock at 30 (series), Third Way of Evolution, Tufts University, William Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Thirty Years of Intelligent Design Predicting the Unexpected Genome

_{Casey Luskin
August 11, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

10}

Jonathan Wells’s review was important, but it only scratches the surface of information in biology outside of the DNA. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 28, 2026

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Bheki Mahlobo, California, Carlo Rovelli, Catholics, Chapman University, Christianity, Elon Musk, engineers, Evangelicals, faith, Great Britain, hard problem of consciousness, Hong Kong, India, Joel Kotkin, mathematicians, mind, molecular biology, near-death experiences, New Atheists, new synergy, opossum, Piers Morgan, scientists, Society of Catholic Scientists, squid, Stephen Meyer, stereotypes, Taiwan, thanatosis, The Telegraph, universe}

Mind Behind the Universe? A Stereotype About Scientists May Be Crumbling

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 28, 2026

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

6}

Joel Kotkin points to a recent conference that brought together top engineers, mathematicians, and scientists to discuss the “new synergy.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, bears, book, building, cancer, completeness, DNA, electrical wire, Epigenetics and the Architect, habitability, house, idea, imagination, information, James Gills, Jonathan Wells, laws of nature, Leonardo da Vinci, lumber, mammals, mind, Mount Everest, mountains, nails, painters, Science and Culture Today, selection, Thomas Woodward, universe, wholeness, ziggurat}

In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›