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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2023

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, African Savannah, behavior, cathedrals, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, David Barash, evolution, evolutionary psychology, genes, human origins, humans, intelligent design, just-so stories, Moon, museums, music, Oskar Schindler, Philip Skell, Pleistocene, Richard Dawkins, The Descent of Man, Victorian England}

Is Human Psychology Better Explained by Evolution or Design?

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March 2, 2023

Arts, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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“We are survival machines,” wrote atheist biologist Richard Dawkins, “robot vehicles blindly programmed to preserve the selfish molecules known as genes.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Discovering Intelligent Design, information, intelligence, Jack Szostak, Long Story Short, machines, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, origin of information, proteins, replication, RNA, RNA world, Scientific American, specified information, Stanley Miller, transcription, translation, UC San Diego}

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

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February 16, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Paleontology
Tagged
, cetaceans, Current Biology, Darwinian gradualism, dolphins, Early Eocene, fossil record, Günter Bechly, ichthyosaur, land mammals, Mesozoic, Neo-Darwinism, Nevada, New Scientist, Pakicetus, Science (journal), whales}

New Scientist: Ichthyosaurs Evolved “Astonishingly Rapidly”

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February 14, 2023

Evolution, Paleontology

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This is a case of evolutionary biology trying to explain away the data that otherwise was not directly expected under their model. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 13, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Faith & Science
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Psychology
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Casey Luskin, Christianity, Cosmic Habitable Age, developmental biology, evolution, faith, Fazale Rana, foresight, fossil record, galactic habitable zone, Guillermo Gonzalez, Hugh Ross, human origins, intelligent design, James Tour, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Keas, Myth of the Dark Ages, Neo-Darwinism, Science and Faith in Dialogue, South Africa, Stephen Meyer, water}

New Open-Access Book from South Africa Explores Intelligent Design and Science-Faith Issues

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February 13, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Faith & Science, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Psychology

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We’ll feature excerpts here in the future, but for now I’d like to highlight some special features of chapters in the book. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 25, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Arabidopsis thaliana, cabbage, Darwin-skeptics, DNA, evolution, genome, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, mutation rate, mutations, Nature (journal), non-random mutation, proteins, random mutations, Research, waiting-time problem}

Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2022: “Non-Random” Mutations

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December 25, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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The study was able to directly measure mutations after they occurred in the plant but before mutations could have been affected by natural selection. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Arts
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, artists, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computers, consciousness, David Chalmers, Discovery Institute, Google, hard problem of consciousness, LaMDA, microchips}

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Pass the Van Gogh Test?

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November 15, 2022

Arts, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Vincent Van Gogh was crazy but he was talented, and AI can be neither crazy nor talented. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Planetology
Tagged
, antibodies, astronauts, bioengineering, cells, diseases, genome, health, information, medicine, microchips, mRNA vaccines, mRNAs, proteins, University of Washington}

Is Information the Future of Biology and Medicine?

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November 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Medicine, Planetology

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University of Washington’s Georg Seelig wants to “design molecules” and “write genetic information.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computer programmers, computer science, computers, consciousness, COSM, George Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, humans, LaMDA, Lovelace test, pop culture, Robert J. Marks II, TikTok, Washington Post, worldview, Yahoo News!}

Experts Debate: Was a Chatbot Sentient?

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November 14, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Lemoine was famously fired from Google earlier this year after he leaked a transcript of his conversation with Google’s advanced LaMDA chatbot program. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 1, 2022

Categories
Arts
Cultural Anthropology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Technology
Tagged
, Australopithecines, burial, creativity, culture, footprints, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, Homo sapiens, human origins, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Oxford University Press, paleoanthropologists, paleontology, Washington University}

Human Origins: All in the Family

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November 1, 2022

Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology, Technology

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If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
October 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Australopithecines, Australopithecus, brain size, Christof Koch, Ernst Mayr, Eurasia, evolution, fossil record, Fossils and Human Evolution (series), hominins, Homo erectus, Homo habilis, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, paleoanthropologists, Pleistocene, skulls, Southeast Asia}

The Big Bang Origin of Homo

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October 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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This unbridged gap between the ape-like australopithecines and the abruptly appearing human-like members of our genus challenges evolutionary accounts. Read More ›