octopus eye Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date November 8, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brains, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopods, chimpanzees, chromosomes, evolution, evolutionary tree, intelligence, mammals, octopuses, Tel Aviv University, worms Will the Octopus Ever Find Its Place in the Evolutionary Tree? Denyse O’Leary November 8, 2023 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 6 New finds in genetics and neuroscience both shed light and deepen the puzzle of the almost "alien" species. Read More ›
Venus_Flytrap_showing_trigger_hairs Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 1, 2023 CategoriesBotanyLife SciencesMathematicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , cognition, Darwinism, EMBO Reports, emotions, infection, intelligence, panpsychism, random mutations, spirituality, Tel Aviv University, teleology, Third Way of Evolution, University of Heidelberg, ZME Science Are Plants Cognitive, Intelligent Beings? Denyse O’Leary October 1, 2023 Botany, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind 5 Some plant biologists want to see them that way; others continue to insist on a Darwinian view. Read More ›
brain Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 1, 2023 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brain, Christof Koch, consciousness, David Chalmers, David Papineau, dualism, human nature, information theory, Integrated information theory, Kenneth Miller, King’s College, laboratories, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, New York University, panpsychism, philosophers, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Tel Aviv University, The Human Instinct The Philosopher Wins: There’s No Consciousness Spot in the Brain Denyse O’Leary July 1, 2023 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 6 After a 25-year search, dualist philosopher David Chalmers won the bet with neuroscientist Christof Koch. Read More ›
Wave Type post Date June 1, 2020 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , anthropologists, behavior, chimpanzees, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian theory, Darwinians, Darwinism, Homo sapiens, Nancy Pearcey, natural selection, PNAS, predictions, Stanford University, Tel Aviv University, William Shakespeare Much Nothing about Ado: The Uselessness of Dehumanized Darwinism Science & Culture June 1, 2020 Evolution, Human Exceptionalism 9 To Darwinians, people are just another species of animal. But when they invent models to try to explain how human animals evolve their behaviors, chaos ensues. Read More ›