Category: Applied Sciences

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __featured3, Amazon, Anthropic, artificial inteligence, Ben Mann, Big Tech, books, booksellers, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, copyright, ISBNdb, Kindle, knowledge, large language models, licensing, LLMs, Peter Biles, Project Panama, technicians, techno-utopianism, technological view, technology, wisdom}

It’s Time to Buy Old Books Before AI Destroys Them

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

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This scheme is the brain child of technicians, people who lead tech companies and tech labs who are wholly committed to a technological view of the world. Read More ›

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Author
Terrell Clemmons

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __featured2, academia, academics, agnostics, atheists, biology, China, Discovery Institute, engineering, evolution, human nature, humanists, intelligent design, Lucy Hyde, origin of life, peer pressure, Responding to Lucy Hyde (series), Stephen Meyer, Stuart Burgess, Ultimate Engineering, University of Bristol, Whewell Centre}

What Academics Actually Think: Higher Priorities and Silent Support for Design

_{Terrell Clemmons
July 31, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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"One of the most encouraging things I’ve found in academia is how many people secretly support intelligent design." Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, 404 Media, AI slop, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, books, bots, creativity, Frank Landymore, Futurism, ISBNdb, language, large language models, lawsuits, literature, pirating, rare books, technology, Ted Gioia, writing}

Gutting Old Books to Feed AI: What Could Go Wrong?

_{Peter Biles
July 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Linguistics

2}

The question is: Who wins? Maybe we should start buying up all the old books before the bots get to them. Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Medicine
Tagged
, antiviral drugs, Christoph Adami, entropy, environment, evolution, genome, higher-order correlations, HIV, HIV evolution, information, inhibitor, Maxwell’s demon, protease, resistance, sequence entropy, The Evolution of Biological Information, treatment protocols, variability}

Evolution of Biological Information: HIV Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 29, 2026

Evolution, Genetics, Medicine

5}

What Christoph Adami’s results actually show is that when HIV is subjected to the protease inhibitors, the sequence variability increases. Read More ›

Glowing brain on computer motherboard with a central microchip, symbolizing artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. AI technology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, behaviorism, binary logic, body chemistry, brainstem, cerebral cortex, computation, computers, consciousness, Dogs, Dorothea Olkowski, emotion, frogs, hemorrhage, human consciousness, hydrancephaly, hydrocephalus, Jaak Panksepp, language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mark Solms:, Michael Egnor, mistakes, near-death experiences, neocortex, neuromodulators, philosophers, reasoning, University of Colorado}

Could This Be One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2026

Computational Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Actually, computers aren’t even the sort of thing for which consciousness is relevant. Dogs are, and maybe frogs, but not computers. Read More ›

Doctor carrying a cooler box for organ transport doctor ensures swift and safe organ transport using specialized cooler box, optimizing life-saving medical procedures

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 17, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, Australia, Belgium, bioethics, brain cancer, Canada, cause of death, coma, dead donor rule, euthanasia, Hippocratic Oath, homicide, medical ethics, mentally ill, natural resources, Netherlands, New Zealand, npr, organ donation, organ-harvesting, patients, recontextualization, Robert D. Truog, Spain, suffering, The New England Journal of Medicine}

Ghoulish Proposal: Killing for Organs Gets a Prestige Endorsement

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 17, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

5}

Transforming sick and disabled people into a killable caste objectifies them as potential natural resources to be mined or harvested. Read More ›

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Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, David Coppedge, eBioMedicine, Fiona MacDonald, health, human body, ID the Future, information, interoception, mental health, Nils Kroemer, proprioception, Science and Culture Today, ScienceAlert, self-monitoring, senses, sixth sense, The Conversation, University of Tübingen, well-being}

Design Concepts: Interoception Is a Match for Proprioception

_{Science & Culture
July 16, 2026

Intelligent Design, Medicine

2}

The take-home point is surely this: Our bodies have all sorts of ways of giving us information that do not run through our senses. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, censorship, encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Britannica, Google, Harvard University, hoax, information, Jimmy Wales, Jordan Boyd, large language models, Larry Sanger, misinformation, Research, search engines, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia}

Sanger Banned by Wikipedia: Diagnosing a Disease

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 16, 2026

Computational Sciences, Scientific Freedom

3}

Sanger became a Christian, which probably got him crossed off a lot of people’s Santa list. But how did he get banned? Read More ›

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Author
Winston Ewert

Date
July 16, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Technology
Tagged
, agency, algorithmic logic units, avida, Brain Potter, Brian Arthur, circuits, combinations, comparators, complex circuits, components, computer simulation, decoders, digital logic circuits, economists, encoders, evolution, functionality, functions, multiplexers, Nature (journal), needs, population counters, Richard Lenski, Robert Pennock, stepping stones, technology}

Technological Evolution: Accidentally Demonstrating the Limits of Evolution

_{Winston Ewert
July 16, 2026

Evolution, Technology

4}

While economist Brian Arthur models the development of technology, he refers to it as the “evolution” of technology. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artifacts, Buddy the Elf, C. S. Lewis, cells, Claude, Claude Delusion, Donald Knuth, evolution, femme bot, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, large language models, Lego blocks, materialism, Nik Prassas, Richard Dawkins, symbolic artifacts, thinking, tokens, Transformer blocks, Turing test, unintelligent causes}

Why Dawkins’s Argument for AI Is an Argument for God

_{George Montañez
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

5}

If step-by-step mechanical explanations do not rule out creation by intelligent agents, then I’m not sure we can dismiss the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›