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Reading hobby learning animal curious monkey book

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithm, artificial intelligence, atheism, blind processes, chemistry, Darwinism, ID the Future, illusion, intelligence, intelligent design, logic, materialism, physics, programmers, reason, Rebekah Valerius, statistical patterns, syntax, technology, truth}

Mind Over Matter: Darwin, AI, and the Future of Reason

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If our minds are the product of a blind and aimless process, what reason do we have to believe what we think? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

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Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 10, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, atheists, biology, chatbots, ChatGPT, Claude, computing, consciousness, intelligence, intelligent design, large language models, living systems, personal identity, philosophy, plagiarists, Richard Dawkins, technology, UnHerd}

On Minds and Machines, Richard Dawkins’s Curious Inconsistency

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 10, 2026

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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If we encounter far more advanced informational technology in living organisms, isn’t the same intuition at least worth considering? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 16, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Computational Sciences
Tagged
, accelerationism, Alex Williams, artificial intelligence, death, Elon Musk, Grokipedia, human beings, human exceptionalism, human life, machines, Monash University, Netscape, Nick Land, Nick Srnicek, philosophy, Ray Kurzweil, Silicon Valley, Singularity, superintelligence, tech entrepreneurs, transhumanism, Tucker Carlson, Vincent Lê}

“Accelerating” Toward a Post-Human Future, and Loving It

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 16, 2026

Bioethics, Computational Sciences

5}

There is a lot of AI Apocalypse Now! and AI Utopia Soon! in the news these days. Read More ›

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Author
Bethel McGrew

Date
June 10, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Metaphysics
Tagged
, child, Claude, Claudia, consciousness, conversations, design, employee, encyclical, evolutionary logic, humans, Large Language Model, LLMs, machines, men, mice, person, Pope Leo XIV, Richard Dawkins, self-reflection, slave, spiritual communion, Ted Chiang, telos, The Atlantic, The Free Press, Tyler Cowen, UnHerd, wisdom, word-generation machines, writing, zombies}

Zombie Metaphysics: Dawkins Versus Pope Leo

_{Bethel McGrew
June 10, 2026

Computational Sciences, Metaphysics

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This casual devaluing of consciousness is actually intertwined with the rush to ascribe it to AI. The ultimate conclusion is the same. Read More ›

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Date
June 7, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, computer simulation, David Klinghoffer, Dilbert, Discovery Institute, homelessness, humor, intelligent design, Planning Commission, reality, Scott Adams, Seattle, simulation, simulation theory, suburbs, Townhall}

“Homelessness” Meets the Simulation Theory

_{Science & Culture
June 7, 2026

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

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"As the late podcaster and 'Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams used to say, it was as if the Simulation was 'winking at us.'" Read More ›

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Date
June 4, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Tagged
, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, autonomy, computer science, computer scientists, Discovery Institute, Donald C. Wunsch, engineering realism, engineers, hype, IEEE, information, intelligence, intelligent design, inventors, Mind Matters News, neurosurgeons, Robert J. Marks, society, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype

_{Science & Culture
June 4, 2026

Computational Sciences, Engineering

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Dr. Donald C. Wunsch has spent decades working at the intersection of engineering, AI, and real-world systems. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, atheists, Bible, born-again Christians, causation, correlation, critics, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligent design, large language models, mind, model collapse, philosophers, quantum cosmology, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, TechSpective, The Story of Everything, Tony Bradley}

Atheist on The Story of Everything: “I’m Not Sold. But I Can’t Just Wave It Off Either.”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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"I came away with a much clearer picture of the actual argument....That’s enough of a reason to watch." Read More ›

Lone motorcyclist riding on an open road in a black and white landscape

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Author
George Montañez

Date
March 22, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, accolades, artificial intelligence, atoms, biological origins, career, chemical reactions, cognitive simulation, community, computer science, cosmos, cremation, death, design detection, faith and science, intelligent design, love, machine learning, materialist paradigm, mathematics, motorcycle, natural theology, nature, peers, resurrection, tears, unguided processes, universe, YouTube videos}

The Matters that Matter: What I Learned from My Brother’s Death

_{George Montañez
March 22, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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I’ve built my professional career on twin pillars. The first is cognitive simulation, that is, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
March 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Tagged
, Alexandria, artificial general intelligence, artificial superintelligence, batteries, Brownshirts, Caltech, competition, Elliot Pryce, engineering, experience machine, family, fans, fiction, fidelity, general intelligence, governments, Gustav Mahler, human beings, humans, intelligences, language, light, machine life, Maine, marriage, Mars, metaphysics, Palo Alto, perpetual light, processors, quantum effects, retirement, Robert Nozick, robots, Science and Culture Today, self-preservation, superintelligence, technology, The Battering Company, theorems, University of Texas}

Requiem for an Artificial Superintelligence

_{William A. Dembski
March 20, 2026

Arts, Computational Sciences, Ethics

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On the morning of his upload, he signed transfer papers, redundancy protocols, continuity covenants, and one handwritten page that no lawyer saw. Read More ›