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Doug Axe
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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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Carl Linnaeus
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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
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
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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Psychology Today

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The Thinker Statue Abstract
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
November 18, 2025
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Human Exceptionalism
Scientific Reasoning
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On New Book, Elite Opinion Cuts Loose from Reality

Denyse O’Leary
November 18, 2025
Human Exceptionalism, Scientific Reasoning
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All these intellectual worthies, in deadly earnest virtue, choose to miss the point. Read More ›
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Cave with cave drawings. Cartoon mountain scene background Primitive cave paintings. ancient petroglyphs.
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 22, 2025
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Neuroscience & Mind
Paleontology
Psychology
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In Study of Human Psychology, the Power of “Maybe”

Denyse O’Leary
October 22, 2025
Neuroscience & Mind, Paleontology, Psychology
5
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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Photo: All Angels' Church pulpit stairs, Metropolitan Museum of Art, by Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Martin Hilbert
Date
April 7, 2025
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Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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The Undiscovered Country… Discovered?

Fr. Martin Hilbert, C.O.
April 7, 2025
Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Such cases may have been around since prehistoric times. Some researchers even suggest that they may have given rise to the popular artistic images of angels. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 4, 2025
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Scientific Reasoning
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Clinical Psychologist Supports Human Exceptionalism

Denyse O’Leary
March 4, 2025
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology, Scientific Reasoning
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Gregg Henriques, a secular humanist, has developed an approach that accepts human exceptionalism without denying that animals have mental abilities. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
January 10, 2025
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Bioethics
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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What Do Animals Feel? And What About Babies?

Denyse O’Leary
January 10, 2025
Bioethics, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind
7
With human babies, those who propose laws against cruelty suddenly enter a Cold Zone, at least compared to their feelings for crustaceans. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 1, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Can We Define the Soul Out of Existence?

Denyse O’Leary
December 1, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Berkeley cognitive linguist George Lakoff argues that the soul could not really amount to much without a physical brain. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
August 15, 2024
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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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A (Cat’s) Grief Observed: Understanding the Gulf that Separates Us from Our Pets

Denyse O’Leary
August 15, 2024
Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning
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The gap between the human mind and the cat mind doesn’t turn on emotions but on abstractions. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
March 21, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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A Philosopher Investigates Near-Death Experiences

Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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Monika Mandoki did not experience efforts to get her canceled. That may be for several reasons. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
February 6, 2024
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
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Were Neanderthals Religious?

Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology
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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
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Author
Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 16, 2022
Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

Denyse O’Leary
December 16, 2022
Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Science
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An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Read More ›

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