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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
August 12, 2022

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aristotelianism, Bernardo Kastrup, birds, cephalopods, Christianity, consciousness, dreaming, general relativity, gravitational waves, humans, intelligent design, Judaism, mammals, mental states, Michael Egnor, neocortex, protists, rapid eye movement, spiders, Thomistic philosophy}

Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor

_{Günter Bechly
August 12, 2022

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders. Read More ›

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Date
January 2, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, agriculture, asteroids, Cyanobacteria, Darwinists, ecosystems, Elizabeth Pennisi, fungi, intelligent design, Mars, microbes, microbiome, mites, Nature (journal), nematode, pathogens, protists, skin, soil, springtails, tardigrades, Yale University}

Frontiers of ID: Microscopic Ecologies

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January 2, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Public health lecturer James Hamblin at Yale decided to go without showers — for five years! Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
July 10, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algae, bilateral symmetry, brachiopods, Bryozoa, Cambrian Explosion, Ediacaran biota, Namacalathus, Paleobiology Database, protists, sponges, Utah}

Namacalathus, Alleged Ediacaran “Animal,” Fails to Refute Abrupt Cambrian Explosion

_{Günter Bechly
July 10, 2020

Evolution

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It could be anything, from a coelenterate-grade or sponge-grade organism to even a protist or an alga. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 12, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, animals, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Carl Zimmer, China, Darwin's Doubt, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian theory, Donald Prothero, Ediacaran biota, embryos, fossil record, Jerry Coyne, Metazoa, metazoans, microfossils, Namibia, New York Times, Nick Matzke, Norway, paleontology, precambrian fossils, protists, Russia, snowball Earth, South Australia, spicules, sponges, Stephen Meyer, Trilobozoa, White Sea, Wikipedia}

The Myth of Precambrian Sponges

_{Günter Bechly
May 12, 2020

Evolution

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Evolutionists would expect to find sponges as the earliest animals in the fossil record. Read More ›

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Date
April 9, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, Andrew McDiarmid, Darwinian gradualism, evolution, fossil record, Germany, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, protists, speciation}

Günter Bechly: Still More Evidence Against Darwinian Gradualism

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April 9, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Is there a paradigm change coming in evolutionary studies? Nothing fits the data better than intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
December 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

#6 of Our Top Stories of 2018: Dickinsonia Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
December 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 27, 2018

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Tagged
, __cedited, anus, bacteria, bilateral symmetry, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, cnidarians, ctenophores, Darwinian evolution, decomposition, Dickinsonia, Ediacaran biota, Facebook, fossils, fungi, glide symmetry, GUT, Ilya Bobrovskiy, Jochen Brocks, Mary Droser, Metazoa, morphology, mouth, paleontology, placozoans, protists, South Australia, sponges, Stanford University, University of California, Vendobionta}

Why Dickinsonia Was Most Probably Not an Ediacaran Animal

_{Günter Bechly
September 27, 2018

Botany, Evolution

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So, do high levels of cholesterol biomarkers really suggest an animal affinity of Dickinsonia? Read More ›