Science and Culture Today Discovering Design in Nature

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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Michael Egnor
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
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Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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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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Topic

The Immortal Mind

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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 14, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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Brain Imaging Shows Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once. Read More ›
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John G. West
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December 11, 2024
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Our View of Nature Matters; Here’s Why

John G. West
December 11, 2024
Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science Education
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I was standing amidst the ruins of the Berghof, Hitler’s retreat near the German-Austrian border, where some of the worst atrocities in history were planned. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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December 10, 2024
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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?

Denyse O’Leary
December 10, 2024
Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind
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John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
December 1, 2024
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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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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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Denyse O’Leary
Date
October 1, 2024
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Scientists Ask: Does the Soul Survive Death?

Denyse O’Leary
October 1, 2024
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining assumptions that the soul dies with the body. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
Date
September 16, 2024
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Medicine
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Split-Brain Research Confirms Unity of the Human Mind

Denyse O’Leary
September 16, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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The NOVA special’s claim is, “The split brain phenomenon suggests that there can be two separated minds, if you will, inside of a skull.” Read More ›
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August 19, 2024
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Materialism Is a Totalistic Claim — Here’s Why That Matters

Science & Culture
August 19, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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There are aspects of the mind that are not generated in the brain. That sounds like a modest claim. Read More ›
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Denyse O’Leary
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August 7, 2024
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Mind Is Not Annihilated at Death, ER Doc Says

Denyse O’Leary
August 7, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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“The evidence so far suggests that the entity we call the human mind… does not become annihilated after a person has died.” Read More ›
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August 1, 2024
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Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain?

Science & Culture
August 1, 2024
Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind
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A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›

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