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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, Anomalocaris, BBC News, Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, China, common ancestry, Current Biology, Darwin's Doubt, Hallucigenia, Live Science, Morocco, Nature (journal), nervous system, New Scientist, Precambrian strata, Science (journal), software, spiders, Stephen Meyer, University of Cambridge}

In Resolving Darwin’s Doubt, These Cambrian Fossils Are No Help

_{David Coppedge
August 9, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is hierarchical organization, none of which is seen in the Precambrian layers beneath. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 1, 2022

Categories
Botany
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, animals, consciousness, dreaming, electrons, Günter Bechly, human consciousness, humans, materialists, Michael Egnor, naturalists, panpsychism, philosophers, spiders}

Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 1, 2022

Botany, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anesthesia, chimpanzees, cognition, consciousness, dolphins, intelligence, invertebrates, panpsychism, ResearchGate, spiders, Venus flytrap}

Researcher Says Plants May Be Conscious, Too

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 30, 2022

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Paco Calvo has authored many papers in respected journals; his view is another instance of panpsychism overtaking materialism in science. Read More ›

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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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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 11, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, arachnids, Aristotelianism, Aristotle, bacteria, bats, biological machines, cats, consciousness, Dogs, dreaming, dreams, flies, Franz Brentano, future, human beings, intentionality, justice, mental states, mind, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, spiders, Thomas Nagel, viruses}

What Is It Like to Be a Spider?

_{Michael Egnor
August 11, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, actuators, dandelions, Darwinians, humidity, hummingbirds, Illustra Media, Imperial College London, intelligent design, Japan, Madagascar, moths, Nature Communications, On the Origin of Species, Paul Nelson, PLOS ONE, seals, spider silk, spiders, thermostats, University of Bristol, Wikipedia, Yale University}

Dandelions, Darwin’s Bark Spider, and More: No Shortage of Biological Wonders

_{David Coppedge
June 28, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Those of us who find purpose in biology instead of random tinkering will not run out of material to get excited about any time soon. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Paleontology
Tagged
, Brazil, Crato Formation, Darwinists, Fossil Friday (series), fossil record, intelligent design, Lower Cretaceous, morphology, spiders}

Fossil Friday: Whip Spider from the Lower Cretaceous

_{Günter Bechly
June 10, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Paleontology

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These fossiliferous limestones are about 115 million years old. In spite of this age the animal is not primitive in any way. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, arthropods, brain size, chimpanzees, entomology, hunting, intelligent design, lemurs, neuroscience, octopuses, spiders, The Scientist}

Spiders Are Smart; Be Glad They Are Small

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 15, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Recent research has shed light on the intriguing strategies that spiders use to deceive other spiders — and prey in general. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, blind natural forces, Casey Luskin, convergent evolution, Eric Cassell, evolution, genetic changes, ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, No Free Lunch theorems, podcast, purpose, spider silk, spiders, teleology, William A. Dembski}

Teleophobia: Cassell on the Unreasonable Fear of Intelligent Design

_{Science & Culture
January 3, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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What do biologists make of the apparently purposive nature of all these different kinds of complex programmed behaviors? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 9, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, animal kingdom, Charles Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Fodor, Jonathan Swift, monarch butterfly, On the Origin of Species, spider silk, spiders, termites, wasps}

Genius in Lilliput

_{Eric Cassell
November 9, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Complex programmed behaviors are evident throughout the animal kingdom, but in these pages the focus will primarily be on less advanced animals. Read More ›