neural-landscape-with-densely-packed-neurons-selective-focus Type post Author Michael Egnor Date May 6, 2025 CategoriesAnatomyMedicineNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , abstract thought, Aristotle, blood pressure, brain function, brain state, breathing, Denyse O'Leary, Edward Feser, elementary particles, emotion, heart rate, hormones, intellect, James Ross, logic, matter, measurements, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroscience, perception, photons, Plato, precision, puppy, retinal cells, soul, triangle, uncertainty, Uncertainty Principle, will The Logical Basis of the Immaterial Mind Michael Egnor May 6, 2025 Anatomy, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 The indeterminacy of matter precludes brain states from forming the basis of abstract thought. Simple logic points to this truth. Read More ›
panda Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date April 21, 2024 CategoriesEngineeringEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Casey Luskin, dexterity, efficiency, evolution, evolutionary processes, evolutionists, ID the Future, intelligent design, NOMA, non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA), Panda's Thumb, philosophers, podcast, precision, religion, science, Stephen Dilley, Stephen Jay Gould, suboptimality, theology, trade-offs The Panda’s Thumb: An Extraordinary Instance of Design? Andrew McDiarmid April 21, 2024 Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design 2 Optimizing a structure can sometimes come at the cost of certain design constraints. Read More ›
E. coli Type post Author Emily Reeves Date March 7, 2022 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionFine-tuningIntelligent Design Tagged , Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological redundancy, biological systems, design triangulation, duplicate genes, E. coli, elegance, enzymes, evolution, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, intelligent design, laboratory conditions, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, precision, proteins, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, storage, transmission Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy Emily Reeves March 7, 2022 Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design 8 In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Read More ›
