Denyse O'Leary
New Atheism Is Shrinking and It’s Not Entirely Clear Why
Now, there is an eerie unfashionable silence that fashionable media are beginning to notice. For one thing, it is affecting Richard Dawkins
Does Science Show That the Soul Persists After Death?
Gradually, medical findings about what happens to the mind around the time of death are undermining the assumption that the soul dies with the body
Canada’s Residential Schools: A Saga of Journalistic Wrongdoing
Even as the story is collapsing for lack of evidence, there is a move afoot to criminalize doubt about what happened (denialism).
Octopus Organizes Packs of Fish to Help It Hunt
Unlike the fish, the octopus can work with stones where prey fish shelter. The fish get whatever the octopus drops — unless they are cheaters
How Will Media Address Growing Doubts About Darwin?
In the water flea study, the doubts sound as if they are coming from inside the house. One news story sheds light on a reporting strategy
Decade-Long Study: No Evidence Found for Darwinian Evolution
After many generations, water fleas showed no evidence of changing genetically to adapt to their environment, as the theory would predict
Can Plants See? A Shape-Shifting Plant Raises the Question
If it can’t see, how does it copy the leaves of any one of a number of plants growing nearby?
When the Computer Tried Being a Mind, It Almost…
Philosopher Andy Clark offered to explain the popular computational theory of mind to Robert Lawrence Kuhn — but then a gap appeared
Why Was the Telegram CEO — 900 Million Users — Arrested?
Governments worldwide want a backdoor into social media, to target users where we spend so much time. But Durov said: nyet
Do all of us really have two minds inside our brains?
The truth is even more remarkable. When the brain is split in half, the mind remains a unity
Media war: Journalists vs. content creators—Taylor Lorenz explains
A revealing skirmish erupted around the DNC Convention. Your ability to get real news may depend on who wins
Neurology Prof Robert Sapolsky Insists There Is No Free Will
We are controlled by our genes, by our prefrontal cortexes, and we can’t choose to change anything. Or can we?
Are Beliefs in Space Aliens Really Spiraling Out of Control?
A British philosophy prof sees such views as a “widespread societal problem,” comparing them to the J6 riot
Covert Consciousness: When “Brain Dead” Doesn’t Mean Unconscious
Now that brain scan studies have established that at least 25% of people classed as brain dead can respond, doctors ask what to do for them?
The Hot New Word for Propaganda: Prebunking
Misinformation experts don’t address the fact that prebunking would work just as well for “inoculating” people against correct information as incorrect information
Should We Worry About Where Transhumanism Is Heading?
Wesley J. Smith asks some hard questions about the moral implications of Zoltan Istvan’s “anything to defeat death” atheist movement
X Now Banned in Brazil; Huge Fines Threaten Secret Users
The Supreme Court’s ruling seems to be part of an international trend toward attempted government control of the news stream
Does a “Spiritual Particle” Explain Human Consciousness?
