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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 16, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, antibiotics, burial, cave art, compassion, Darwin critics, Darwinian evolution, Down syndrome, fire, gene pool, genetic admixture, Homo sapiens, humankind, jewelry, music, Neanderthals, Science (journal), Spain}

Fossil Friday: Human Nature of Neanderthals Supported Again

_{Günter Bechly
August 16, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Extended caregiving for a strongly disabled child is a highly non-Darwinian behavior that indeeds suggests compassion on a level only found in humans. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 9, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, J.R.R. Tolkien, music, musicians, personhood, singing, vibrations, well-being, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Singing — A Remarkable Gift, by Design

_{Eric Hedin
July 9, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The vagus nerve is implicated in how our nervous systems respond when we engage in singing and related vocal activities. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 8, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, evolution, Howard Glicksman, intelligent design, just-so stories, lungs, music, neuroscience, pharynx, singing, Smithsonian Magazine, Steve Laufmann, Your Designed Body}

Evolutionary Model Can’t Account for Singing

_{Eric Hedin
July 8, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Our fascination with singing and how enamored we can become with hearing quality vocalists reveals something significant about our identity as humans. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 6, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alan Turing, Albert Einstein, An Idol for Destruction (series), Aristotle, artificial general intelligence, ChatGPT, computer science, creativity, humanism, humans, information, large language models, music, organisms, radio, Unmoved Mover, worldview}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Oracle Problem

_{William A. Dembski
February 6, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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Our most advanced artificial intelligence systems, which I’m writing about in this series, require input of external information to keep them from collapsing. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, atheism, climate change, entertainment, evolution, high school, human beings, intelligent activity, intelligent design, materialists, mimesis, music, Patrick T. Brown, René Girard, The Free Press}

Mimesis and Identifying the Intelligent Designer

_{Ann Gauger
November 20, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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We are social creatures, meant to be together. That means social pressure is real and can be intense. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Evolution
Philosophy
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, atheism, benevolence, Charles Darwin, creation myth, Darwinism, determinism, eugenics, evil, Gaza, genes, genocide, good, Hamas, Holocaust, human nature, humanity, Israel, Moral Law, morality, music, natural selection, neurotransmitters, rape, relativism, selfish genes, slaughter, sterilization, William Shakespeare}

From Hamas, a Moment of Clarity about Darwinism and More

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2023

Arts, Bioethics, Evolution, Philosophy

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The real test of a worldview is not merely what it explains, but what it makes us deny. Atheism makes us deny objective moral law. Read More ›

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Date
September 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, abstract thought, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, gaps, human beings, human uniqueness, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, music, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, principle of utility}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Case for an “Overruling Intelligence”

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 15, 2023

Categories
Arts
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ancient world, church, cities, civilization, creator, earth, families, female, first couple, Genesis, government, Houston Christian University, humans, image of God, male, music, Nancy Pearcey, school, sciences, stewardship}

The Meaning of the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 15, 2023

Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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In the ancient world, it was rulers and emperors who were sometimes said to be “the image of God.” Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetics, birds, childhood, ears, emotions, evolutionary adaptation, hearing, medicine, mental health, mind, music, planets, Plato, soul, sound waves, speech, sun, UC Berkeley, YouTube videos}

The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?

_{Eric Hedin
August 22, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them. Read More ›