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Author
Casey Luskin

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November 9, 2023

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Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Chinese, Chinese Room, computers, human beings, human intelligence, John Searle, Ray Kurzweil, understanding}

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

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November 9, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 8, 2023

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Bioethics
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Academy Award, artificial intelligence, Bible, computer scientists, Discovery Institute, futurists, Google, Hamas, Isaiah, Judeo-Christian tradition, killing, Michael Keas, morality, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Singularity, Skynet, The Imitation Game, The Matrix, transhumanism, Turing test}

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

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November 8, 2023

Bioethics, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 11, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, Africa, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Discovery Institute, intelligent design, Kenya, Lake Victoria, Michael Behe, Nazis, Phillip E. Johnson, racists, Richard Weikart, South Africa, Summer Seminars, Travel, undergraduates}

Discovery Institute Speakers Get a Hearty Reception in Africa

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October 11, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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At the University of Eldoret, in Kenya, we were greeted with — no joke — a band and a red carpet. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
October 5, 2023

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science Education
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, Australopithecines, biological origins, butterfly, California Science Center, Cambrian Explosion, chimpanzees, Christmas, David Coppedge, Discovery Institute, education, evolution, free speech, French Revolution, Genetics (journal), Günter Bechly, human brains, human origins, Human Zoos, humans, intelligent design, Jeffrey Schwartz, John West, mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Niles Eldredge, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Racism, Richard Sternberg, Rick Potts, Sahelanthropus tchadensis, scientific racism, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington DC, Zeus}

Visitor’s Guide: At Nation’s Natural History Museum, Misinformation on Human Origins, and More

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October 5, 2023

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science Education

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Mammalian fossil exhibits at the Smithsonian claim that humans and all mammals descended from the “first mammal," perhaps Morganucodon. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
September 27, 2023

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Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, autism, cancer, DNA, eukaryotes, evolution, gene expression, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, motors, mutations, nucleotides, phenotypes, proteins, repetitive elements, schizophrenia, Science (journal), Short Tandem Repeats}

Former “Junk DNA,” STRs Found to Be “Rheostats” that “Precisely Regulate Gene Expression”

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September 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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Rheostats are “often used as power control devices, for example to control light intensity (dimmer), speed of motors, heaters, and ovens.” Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
September 25, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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, blood, blood clotting, bone marrow, chickens, development, eggs, embryo, evolution, function, intelligent design, kidneys, liver, PNAS, Science (journal), Science Alert, toxins, vestigial structures}

Another “Vestigial” Organ Turns Out to Have “Absolutely Critical” Functions: The Human Yolk Sac

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September 25, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Unfortunately, despite the importance of this “absolutely critical” organ, some are still intent upon retaining evolutionary interpretations. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, afterlife, Arizona State University, bioRxiv, brain, burial, Chris Stringer, documentary, eLife, evolution, fire, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, intelligence, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, peer review, religion, skeletons, The Guardian, University of Western Australia}

Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

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September 22, 2023

Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
September 21, 2023

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Paleontology
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, Andrew Knoll, animals, annelids, arthropods, Cambrian Explosion, Charles Darwin, Charnia, Cnidaria, Darwin's Doubt, Douglas Erwin, echinoderms, Ediacaran biota, fact check, flatworms, James Valentine, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, photosynthesis, precambrian fossils, Science Alert, seafloor, Sean B. Carroll, Stephen Meyer, sunlight}

Fact Check: No, Two Teens Did NOT “Accidentally Solve” Darwin’s Dilemma

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September 21, 2023

Botany, Evolution, Paleontology

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"It looked like a fern. But as a budding geologist, [UK teenager Tina] Negus knew these 600 million year old rocks were too old to host such a plant." Read More ›

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Casey Luskin

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, Africa, fire, fossil record, Homo sapiens, human intelligence, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Science Daily, University of Liverpool}

Evidence of Woodworking Extends High Human Intelligence Far Back into the Mid-Pleistocene

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September 20, 2023

Archaeology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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This rare find shows that some of the very human-like forms in the fossil record were actually much smarter than we thought. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, analogy, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), historical sciences, Hubert Yockey, humans, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machines, mutations, natural selection, specified information, theology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why

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August 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines. Read More ›