Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

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neuroscience

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Michael Egnor
Date
December 17, 2024
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Mathematics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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What Does Your Brain Do? And What Can It Not Do?

Michael Egnor
December 17, 2024
Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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A surprising result of pioneering neurosurgery was the discovery that some mental processes could be stimulated in the brain but others could not be. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 14, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Brain Imaging Shows Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once. Read More ›
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David Coppedge
Date
December 9, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Non-Evolution of the Wet Dog Shake

David Coppedge
December 9, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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Common things can become extraordinary when examined by science. In this research, evolutionists need not apply. Read More ›
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Photo: A fruit fly, by Macroscopic Solutions, via Flickr (cropped).
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Eric Cassell
Date
November 14, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Design, Engineering, Specified Complexity: Appreciating the Fruit Fly Brain

Eric Cassell
November 14, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Groundbreaking new research has documented the complexity and design of the brains of fruit flies. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 9, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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A Mystery: How Human Languages Came to Exist

Denyse O’Leary
November 9, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind
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Neuroscientists wrestle with human language even more than poets or (for example) English majors do. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 8, 2024
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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Bioethicists Push Psychedelics for an “Interesting” Life

Wesley J. Smith
October 8, 2024
Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind
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The dangers of taking such drugs aside, this essay reflects the reductionism of our time. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 7, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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A Quarter of Comatose Patients May Be Aware But Unable to Communicate

Denyse O’Leary
September 7, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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“Covertly” means that the patients were not able to respond directly but brain activity showed that they understood what was asked of them. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 2, 2024
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
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Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology
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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›
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August 24, 2024
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Medicine
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Philosophy
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What 1,000+ Brain Surgeries Taught About the Mind

Science & Culture
August 24, 2024
Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Michael Egnor continues his discussion with Pat Flynn, noting that neither seizures nor Penfield’s brain stimulation provoked abstract thought. Read More ›
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August 19, 2024
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Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

Science & Culture
August 19, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›

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