Year: 2022 | Page 82 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, American Museum of Natural History, creationists, Darwinists, Developmental Cell, Dover trial, Eugenie Scott, evolution, Genome Biology and Evolution, HBBP1, intelligent design, Kenneth Miller, Leakey Foundation, mutations, pseudogenes, purifying selection}

Blast from the Past: Eugenie Scott’s Failed Prediction on Pseudogenes

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January 20, 2022

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Scott confidently asserts that because of mutations the beta-globin pseudogene “isn’t going to do diddly. It’s just going to sit there.” Read More ›

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Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, Casey Luskin, celebrities, computer engineering, computers, consciousness, creativity, Elon Musk, entrepreneurs, evolutionary mechanisms, free will, Harvest House, ID the Future, Mark Zuckerberg, Nobel laureates, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

Robert J. Marks on Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

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January 20, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Bell's theorem, Big Think, brain states, criminal justice, free will, Hannah Arendt, Marcelo Gleiser, materialism, neuroscience, propositions, quantum physics, Sam Harris, totalitarianism, truth}

Does Science Disprove Free Will? A Physicist Says No

_{Michael Egnor
January 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Marcelo Gleiser notes that the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, chromophore, Cicero, evolution, eye, intelligent design, John Ray, natural theology, neurotransmitter, photoreceptor cells, retina, signal transduction, sodium ions, vision, voltage}

The Eye: A Classic Example of Natural Design

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January 19, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Even Charles Darwin, after publishing his theory of evolution, privately admitted “The eye to this day gives me a cold shudder.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Australopithecus, Chromosomal Fusion, common ancestry, creationism, Eugenie Scott, evolution, evolutionary biology, genetic drift, hominids, Homo, human origins, intelligent design, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), natural selection, Niles Eldredge, pseudogenes, punctuated equilibrium, Richard Leakey, Science and Human Origins, Stephen Jay Gould}

Eugenie Scott Gets Intelligent Design Backwards

_{Casey Luskin
January 19, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This punctuated, even saltational increase in hominid skull sizes over time continues to be recognized in the literature. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, ai ethics, algorithms, artificial intelligence, creativity, deification, dog, free will, God, God Complex, gods, human responsibilities, human rights, humans, metaethics, morality, murder, reality, software, The Matrix, transhumanism, virtual reality}

Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

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January 18, 2022

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, American Museum of Natural History, Cambridge University Press, cats, creationist, Darwin's Black Box, Discovery Institute, Eugenie Scott, evolution, explanatory filter, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Leslie Orgel, Michael Behe, misinformation, persecution, Richard Sternberg, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Smithsonian Institution, specified complexity, The Origins of Life, UC San Diego, William A. Dembski, Young Earth Creationism}

Eugenie Scott Lecture Resurrects, Spreads Misinformation on Intelligent Design

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January 18, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Freedom

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There often seems to be a subtext to her remarks, as if she were telling her audience: “Go forth and persecute.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, Ferris Jabr, friendship, humans, intelligence, mantle, My Octopus Teacher, neurons, octopuses, pigmentation}

Loving Goodbye…from an Octopus?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 18, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Did the science teacher's octopus really know she was dying? Was she trying to say goodbye? Read More ›

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Date
January 17, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, conference, Dallas, Dallas Science and Faith Conference, Emily Reeves, events, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, podcast, Ray Bohlin, Stephen Meyer}

Emily Reeves Previews Dallas Science and Faith Conference 2022

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January 17, 2022

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Speakers include Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Ray Bohlin — and Stephen Meyer on the scientific vision of Isaac Newton! Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 17, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, Arthur Balfour, culture, electrons, intelligent design, intelligent purpose, James Jeans, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, materialism, necessity, protons, Strength to Love, The Man Who Was a Fool}

Martin Luther King on Intelligent Design

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January 17, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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This idea was crucial to his ethical vision. For more, see our brief and timely video, “Martin Luther King on the Design of the Universe.” Read More ›