Tag: University of British Columbia

Face in a PCB printed circuit board, transhumanism, singularity, universe simulation hypothesis, AI artificial intelligence

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 19, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, eliminative materialism, ideas, information, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Kurt Gödel, Lawrence Krauss, logical positivism, materialist atheism, Michelle Starr, Okanagan, philosophers, physics, Plato, Platonic forms, Skynet, Terminator, universe, University of British Columbia}

Calm Down, the Universe as a Simulation Is Mathematically Impossible

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 19, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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The idea that information underlies the universe is compatible with the very intelligent design theory that Lawrence Krauss has opposed in the past. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
March 20, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beneficial design, creator, David Coppedge, earth, functionality, George Washington Carver, GUT, Heather Gerrie, hidden treasures, junk DNA, Mark A. Anthony, nature, netherworld, peanut, PNAS, searching, soil, University of British Columbia}

In Search of Nature’s Hidden Design Treasures

_{Eric Hedin
March 20, 2025

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Most people are familiar with George Washington Carver and his discoveries of multiple uses for the peanut. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 9, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, animal intelligence, animals, babies, Big Bang, bonobos, cats, children, counting, Dogs, intelligence, kittens, Live Science, neuroscience, numbers, pets, puppies, Stanley Coren, Stonehenge, University of British Columbia}

Dog Versus Baby Intelligence: A Comparison

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 9, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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It’s an odd question because what we should be asking is, “Are kittens and puppies smarter than babies?” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 19, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, central nervous system, digestive system, electrical impulses, Francis Crick Institute, microbes, neurons, neuroscientists, pathogens, toxins, United States, University of British Columbia, Wired, Yasemin Saplakoglu}

New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 19, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 1, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abandonment, assisted suicide, autism, doctors, eugenics, euthanasia, Netherlands, patients, psychiatry, University of British Columbia}

Euthanasia for Autism, Intellectual Disabilities in the Netherlands

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 1, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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“Helping people with autism and intellectual disabilities to die is essentially eugenics.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Arthur S. Reber, cells, central dogma, consciousness, DNA, Francis Crick, František Baluška, James Shapiro, materialism, neurons, Nobel Prize, nucleic acids, Oxford University, panpsychism, Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, RNA, Scientific American, The Scientist, UCLA, University of Bonn, University of British Columbia, University of Chicago, William B. Miller Jr.}

Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 11, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.” Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromosomes, convergence, convergent evolution, electromagnetic waves, evolution, evolutionary plasticity, eye, intelligent design, light, light-sensitive spot, Living Waters, Nature (journal), New Scientist, optics, organelles, plankton, University of British Columbia}

Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

_{David Coppedge
March 9, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 16, 2022

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, American Kennel Club, Border Collie, brain, consciousness, Dogs, humans, intelligence, Kurt Gödel, neuroscience, Psychology Today, Stanley Coren, University of British Columbia}

Can a Dog Be Bred to Be as Smart as a Human?

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 16, 2022

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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An enterprising electrical engineer, Payton Pearson, thinks it can be done. There are reasons for doubt. Read More ›

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Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
April 1, 2021

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, ATP synthase, Darwin's Black Box, David Sivak, evolution, evolutionary theory, Jeremy England, living systems, Michael Behe, molecular machines, natural selection, Nick Lane, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia}

Evolution Is NOT an Engineer

_{Eric H. Anderson
April 1, 2021

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physics

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The Saturday Morning Lectures series recently featured an excellent presentation by Dr. David Sivak. Read More ›

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Date
January 12, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, assumptions, bioRxiv, Darwinian theory, diversification, fossil record, intelligent design, models, phylogenetic tree, phylogeny, University of British Columbia, University of Oregon}

Controversy Arising: Timetrees Unconstrained

_{Science and Culture
January 12, 2021

Evolution

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Two theorists have created a stir in evolutionary circles, claiming that Darwinian phylogeny efforts (tree-building) cannot be constrained to one “best” answer. Read More ›