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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
August 1, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, ant colony, artificial intelligence, behaviors, calculus, David Berlinski, foraging, humans, intelligent design, navigation, Neural Networks, nucleic acids, optimization, pheromones, proteins, Science After Babel, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Can Algorithms Designed by Humans Catch Up with the Genius of Biological Systems?

_{Eric Cassell
August 1, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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While humans invented algorithms only within the last century, enabling the development of AI, animals exhibit behavioral algorithms that long predate humans. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
March 20, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, distance, honey bees, human language, information, insects, intelligent design, Science (journal), travel distance, waggle dance}

The Role of Learning in the Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
March 20, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Science

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Learning is largely a programmed behavior, governed by a type of algorithm, particularly for animals with limited cognitive ability. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, behavior, fish, hippocampus, homeostasis, information, intelligent design, mammals, navigation, Neural Networks, neurons, place cells, Research, self, zebrafish}

Intelligent Design in Animal Self-Location and Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
January 18, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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A question is whether such mechanisms exist in more ancient brain regions of other animals. A new study has identified a self-location mechanism in zebrafish. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, gambling, heuristic, humans, Mary Olmstead, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, reward, risk, Valerie Kuhlmeier}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, air conditioning, algorithms, animal behavior, ants, body temperature, cuticular hydrocarbons, engineers, evolution, feedback control, food, foraging, harvester ants, heating, homeostasis, intelligent design, Internet, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, PLOS Computational Biology, seeds}

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

_{Eric Cassell
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 16, 2021

Categories
Botany
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", adaptation, animals, behavior, biosphere, blind evolution, brown bears, Charles Darwin, convergence, dysteleology, evolution, homology, intelligent design, junk DNA, Life Sciences, microevolution, polar bears, Systems Biology, The Design Revolution, vestigial structures, William A. Dembski, William Paley}

Complex Programmed Behaviors — Intelligently Designed

_{Eric Cassell
December 16, 2021

Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Some discriminators don’t get us very far in deciding which is the better explanation between blind evolution and intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
December 7, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Araneae, architecture, arthropods, Charlotte’s Web, engineers, evolution, genes, intelligent design, orb webs, prey, proteins, rubber, silk glands, spinnerets}

The Miracle of Spiderwebs

_{Eric Cassell
December 7, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Spiders are another of nature’s master engineers. About half of known spider species (order Araneae) construct webs made of silk. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 30, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, aircraft, algorithms, complexity, cost, desert ants, Flight, genetic mutations, intelligent design, natural selection, navigation, neo-Darwinian theory, scientists}

Ants Do Trigonometry: A Problem for Darwinism

_{Eric Cassell
November 30, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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How can a trigonometric mathematical computation be programmed into the brain of an ant through a neo-Darwinian process of genetic mutation and natural selection? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animal behavior, antennae, butterflies, Canada, circadian clock, compound eyes, evolution, genomes, intelligent design, latitude, lepidopterology, magnetic compass, Mexico, migration, milkweed, monarch butterfly, navigation, neurobiology, Stonehenge, sun compass, United States}

For Evolution, Monarch Butterfly Migration Is a Mystery

_{Eric Cassell
November 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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It typically takes up to three generations of butterflies to make the complete journey. This means that the navigation information is genetically programmed. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
November 16, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aircraft, Animal Algorithms, birds, communication, Darwinian processes, evolutionary theory, hive, honey bees, honeycomb, human language, insects, intelligent design, learning, navigation, neurons, United Kingdom, waggle dance}

Navigational Genius — Not Just for the Birds

_{Eric Cassell
November 16, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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While these theories may appear reasonable, given the complexity of the behavior it is unclear how a Darwinian process can be a plausible explanation. Read More ›