Tag: psychology

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
February 17, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, animal behavior, Apis mellifera, bees, behavior, behavioral decisions, brain, communication systems, decision-making, depth, engineering, flower print, flowers, food, foraging, honeybees, intelligent design, Lars Chittka, learning, mantids, memory, mimicry, nectar, noise, pollen, predators, primates, psychology, punishment, quinine, Radar, reward, signal-to-noise ratio, spiders, sugar, trade-offs, University of Sheffield, vegetation, World War II}

Sophistication of Bee Decision-Making Is a Mystery, Unless Design Hypothesis Is Permitted

_{Eric Cassell
February 17, 2026

Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Distinguishing a real flower from a flower print on a woman’s dress can come into play, possibly requiring some experimental probing. Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

Expérience de mort imminente autrement appelé EMI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 12, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, confusion, Daily Mail, endorphins, geometry, hypoxia, jesus, ketamine, Michael Egnor, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, oxygen, Pam Reynolds, psychology, soul, The Immortal Mind, veridical}

Near-Death Experiences: Explaining vs. Explaining Away

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 12, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The first rule of a scientific approach should be to take seriously what is happening before rushing in with a “science can explain this” hypothesis. Read More ›

Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 22, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
Tagged
, Antony Flew, artifacts, brain, cave art, death, dying, human beings, Michael Egnor, Neanderthals, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Ohio State University, paleontology, pseudoscience, psychology, Psychology Today, The Immortal Mind, There Is a God}

In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology

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This is not science and is not a good look for a psychology that purports to have some relationship with science. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 23, 2025

Categories
Cosmology
Physics
Tagged
, Aaron Zimmer, Brian Miller, constants, Elie Feder, ID the Future, intelligent cause, mathematics, numbers, philosophy, physics, Physics to God, podcast, psychology, Richard Feynman}

Physics to God: Rational Arguments for Design in the Universe

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 23, 2025

Cosmology, Physics

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Do you recognize the number 1/137.035999206? It might seem arbitrary, but if the fine structure constant were any higher or lower, you might not exist! Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Psychology
Tagged
, altruism, behavior, Casey Luskin, cooperation, Denyse O’Leary, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary theory, human behavior, intelligent design, love, morality, psychology, religion, Salvo Magazine, Science and Faith in Dialogue, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith}

If You Want Creative Storytelling, Look No Further than Evolutionary Psychology

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 19, 2025

Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Psychology

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If evolutionary psychology attempts to explain every behavior, including each behavior’s opposite, can it really explain anything? Read More ›

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Date
August 28, 2025

Categories
Environment & Climate
Psychology
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, Approved Views, carbon dioxide, climate change, Northwestern University, political correctness, psychology, The College Fix, The Hill, transgenderism, University of Michigan}

Even Scientists Are Starting to Doubt “Approved Views”

_{Science and Culture
August 28, 2025

Environment & Climate, Psychology, Scientific Freedom

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A recent Orwellian firing gives some insight into what happens when an academic collides with Political Correctness. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Psychology
Tagged
, 1 percent myth, animals, apes, Australopithecus afarensis, Australopithecus africanus, Casey Luskin, chimpanzees, cruelty, Dogs, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, gorillas, human exceptionalism, human origins, humans, Journal of Human Evolution, Lucy, National Museum of Natural History, Nature (journal), New York Post, paleoanthropologists, people, psychology, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, Smithsonian Institution, wokeness}

Luskin in the NY Post Calls Out Smithsonian on Human Origins

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Psychology

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The museum misinforms visitors about how humans are so very, very close to non-human creatures. Equating humans with non-humans isn't humane. It's the opposite. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 24, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
History of Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ancient Greeks, ancient world, augustine, Big Bang, Christians, Darwinian evolution, faith and science, history of science, medieval Church, modern science, multiverse theory, private truth, psychology, Reformation, Romans, Winston Ewert}

Faith and Science Before Modern Science

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 24, 2025

Faith & Science, History of Science, Intelligent Design

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Winston Ewert offers a surprising look at how Christians debated science theories in the ancient and medieval world. Read More ›

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
July 10, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, analogy, anthropologists, biology, compartmentalization, defining science, Forensics, geologists, geology, gravity, integration, intelligent design, intelligent designer, methodological pluralism, methodology, natural laws, naturalistic explanations, open-mindedness, patterns, physical world, predictions, psychologists, psychology, real world, science}

Are Scientists Allowed to Consider Unscientific Explanations?

_{Daniel Witt
July 10, 2025

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Let’s consider a narrower field. Geology, as everyone knows, is concerned with the natural processes that act upon the earth. Read More ›