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
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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
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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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memory
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Michael Egnor
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February 1, 2024
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Medicine
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Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?

Michael Egnor
February 1, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship. Read More ›
Astrocyte
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Denyse O’Leary
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January 19, 2024
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New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024
Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›
Ouroboros
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 7, 2023
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Neuroscience Must Be Dualist, Whether or Not “Science” Allows It

Denyse O’Leary
December 7, 2023
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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No matter what terminology is chosen, the materialist project always and necessarily amounts to eliminating the mind. Read More ›
puppet
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 7, 2023
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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
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Could Evolution Give Us Free Will?

Denyse O’Leary
November 7, 2023
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics
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From one corner we learn that free will could possibly exist, provided that it is materialized or, if you like “evolutionized.” Read More ›
octopus
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 2, 2023
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Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Octopus Intelligence — A Challenge for Evolution

Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2023
Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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Could such a different neurology really evolve purely by natural selection acting on random mutations? Read More ›
March for Science
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 13, 2023
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Mathematics
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Science Is Self-Correcting? Time for a Reality Check

Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2023
Mathematics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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In the wake of the Stanford scandal, the reasons why science often ISN’T self-correcting are attracting much more attention. Read More ›
hallucination
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Michael Egnor
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October 19, 2022
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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022
Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›
brain
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June 13, 2022
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Evolution
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Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness?

Science & Culture
June 13, 2022
Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind
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One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›
lab mouse
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June 9, 2022
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Intelligent Design
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How Brains Use Data Compression to Get Things Right

Science & Culture
June 9, 2022
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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A recent experiment with mice showed data compression at work when the mice were making decisions about how to get a reward. Read More ›

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