Tag: University of Portsmouth

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, bats, BBC News, birds, Boeing 747, Current Biology, fossils, gigantism, Günter Bechly, magic, mutations, Neil Thomas, Origin, paleontologists, pterosaurs, Scleromochlus, selection, The Conversation, University of Edinburgh, University of Leicester, University of Portsmouth}

Magical Thinking: Can Pterosaurs Be Darwinized?

_{David Coppedge
January 28, 2025

Evolution, Paleontology

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Neil Thomas has written about “Evolutionary Theory as Magical Thinking” and there is no shortage of examples in the literature on fossils. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 9, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, chimpanzees, human language, languages, monkeys, neuroscience, University of Portsmouth}

A Mystery: How Human Languages Came to Exist

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 9, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Neuroscientists wrestle with human language even more than poets or (for example) English majors do. Read More ›

Mount Rushmore

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 9, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Amazonia, beavers, forests, Harvard University, Mount Rushmore, New Scientist, New York University, North Africa, PNAS, Rube Goldberg, Science (journal), The Design Inference, University of Portsmouth, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Ahead of New Book Edition, Geoglyphs and Natural Features Test Dembski’s Design Inference

_{David Coppedge
November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Designed features can hide in plain sight. A closer look can sometimes reveal the intentional acts of a mind. Read More ›

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Date
October 22, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, Darwinism, deception, drugs, Forensics, gravity, humans, Jerry Coyne, lying, Mount Rushmore, Return of the God Hypothesis, Royal Society, Stephen Meyer, University of Portsmouth, Why Evolution Is True, William A. Dembski}

Design Filter Is Best Bet for Finding Liars

_{Science and Culture
October 22, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Not all intelligent design is benevolent. Design can deceive. Can ID techniques filter the true from the false? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 29, 2020

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, Big Think, biological information, category error, consciousness, cosmos, Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, dark matter, Denyse O'Leary, Evolution News, gas, information, intelligent design, John Archibald Wheeler, Mass, mass-energy, materialism, Mind Matters, natural world, Robert J. Marks II, University of Portsmouth, William A. Dembski}

Information as Matter’s “Fifth State” — A Physicist’s Contortion

_{David Klinghoffer
January 29, 2020

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Dark matter is the unknown substance thought to make up some 27 percent of the universe. It can’t be observed but only theorized. Read More ›