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No. 2 Story of 2024: Darwinists Devolve

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›
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Photo: Weeds, by Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

To Weed the Garden, or Not to Weed the Garden, That Is the Question

An award-winning environmental journalist tackles the question of plant consciousness and plant rights. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer, Jonathan Pageau: Why Intelligent Design Is Breaking into the Mainstream

The “experts” undermined their pre-pandemic authority so that many people are willing to take a skeptical look at what prestige science says. Read More ›
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Ann Gauger on EWTN, and Intelligent Design’s Universality

I find this openness and lack of dogmatism uplifting, and an indicator that ID is trying to follow the evidence. Read More ›
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What Does It Mean to Say “Lobsters Are Conscious”?

Much will be learned from a more careful analysis of the behavior of life forms, which will likely turn up many more instances of unexpected sentience. Read More ›
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Being a Bat: Some Scientists Push Animal Consciousness

A group of scientists and philosophers have published a declaration that there is evidence that a wide range of animals exhibit signs of consciousness. Read More ›
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Image source: Discovery Institute.

Darwinists Devolve

One sign of a robust scientific theory is the quality of its most prominent proponents. But serious advocates of Darwinism have become an endangered species. Read More ›
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What Do Bees’ Joy and Pain Really Tell Us About Insect Minds?

Efforts to relate insect to human consciousness are doomed because the distinguishing features of human consciousness are abstract thinking and moral choice. Read More ›
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Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›
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What Is It Like to Be a Spider? 

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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