Tag: sleep

Woman stretching hands in bed after wake up in the morning, Concept of a new day and joyful weekend.

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 8, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian processes, Darwinists, engineering, Eric Hedin, evolution, evolutionary mindset, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, organisms, podcast, scientific understanding, sleep, survival of the fittest, unconsciousness, waking}

The Intelligent Design of Sleep

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 8, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We’re asleep an average of about 26 years of our life! Most people have a sense that sleep is important. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 5, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Bible, Biblical historicity, David Berlinski, faith and science, intelligent design, Maimonides, Nachmanides, PragerU, rabbis, religious belief, scientific reasoning, Scripture, simulation theory, sleep, slumber, Stephen Meyer, The Story of Everything, Theological (podcast), theology of nature}

Meyer, Kestenbaum: An Interfaith Conversation

_{David Klinghoffer
May 5, 2026

Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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At one point, Shabbos Kestenbaum recounts an observation about personalities in the Bible who fall asleep and wake up. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 16, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, bleeding, body, consciousness, Cornell University, foresight, intelligent design, living cell, matter, mind, Minding the Brain, molecules, naturalism, nervous system, neurons, panpsychism, sleep, wakefulness}

Consciousness — At Odds with the Flesh

_{Eric Hedin
July 16, 2024

Engineering, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

6}

The inescapable conclusion from studying the need for sleep is that the body cannot survive without a regular reprieve from effects of this system on the body. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", evolution, fitness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, podcast, risk, sleep, systems, unconsciousness}

Eric Hedin on the Intelligent Design of Sleep

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

“Survival of the unconscious…the most unconscious person wins…that just doesn’t seem to fit at all with an evolutionary survival of the fittest paradigm.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 12, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, hippocampus, memories, mice, neuroscience, New York University, sleep, The Scientist, Wired}

Sleeping Mice Show How the Brain Lays Down Memories

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 12, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Studies of mice running mazes have shed light on the sharp waves of neurons that assist in forming memories. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 13, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, consciousness, darkness, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, eyes, human flourishing, information, intelligent design, memory, mind, muscles, nervous system, obesity, rapid eye movement, sleep, St. Louis, stimuli, wakefulness, Washington University}

Sleeping and Waking — A Designer’s Gift

_{Eric Hedin
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

Why is sleeping, in which the conscious mind/brain is asleep, categorically more restful and recuperative to the body than merely lying down? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
December 12, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amygdala, birds, brain, brainstem, dopamine, dreaming, Flight, hippocampus, Howard Glicksman, humans, insects, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, mice, neurotransmitters, reptiles, sleep, speed, Steve Laufmann, strength, thalamus, unconsciousness, wakefulness, Your Designed Body}

Sleep — Designed for Our Good

_{Eric Hedin
December 12, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

The evolutionary mindset operates as a major obstacle to the scientific understanding of sleep. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animals, birds, cats, cuttlefish, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, thought, whales}

Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 2, 2022

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arthritis, depression, diseases, lifespan, mother, Nature (journal), neurotransmitters, seizures, sleep}

Placebos Demonstrate Power of the Human Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 2, 2022

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

When a disease affects the brain-body relationship, the placebo response can confound researchers. Read More ›

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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

_{Science & Culture
October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

3}

Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›