Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 11, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computation, computational processing, consciousness, intentionality, machine cognition, machine metaphor, meaninglessness, methodological materialism, mind-brain problem, self-awareness Your Deluded Brain Thinks It’s Conscious! Michael Egnor July 11, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 6 Nonsense in neuroscience is a deep well. This is just in from Princeton's Michael Graziano. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 20, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsComputational SciencesTechnology Tagged , __k-review, News, science, world Your Mind into a Computer Would Not Be You Wesley J. Smith June 20, 2016 Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Technology 1 The transhumanist fantasy about becoming immortal through uploading your mind to a computer is nonsense -- even if such a thing could be done. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date June 17, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesFaith & Science Tagged , __tedited, atheism, creation myth, creationism, irony, just-so stories, moral responsibility, simulation theory, Singularity When Atheists Meet Creationism, You Get Creatheism Brendan Dixon June 17, 2016 Computational Sciences, Faith & Science 3 It is not a word that rolls easily off the tongue. But I am at a loss for one that better describes the atheists Daniel Jackson describes. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 10, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolution Tagged , __tedited, DNA code, genes, junk DNA, Richard Dawkins, scientific advance, selfish genes, simulations Richard Dawkins’s Publisher Has a Cute Idea, but Biomorphs Appeal More as Nostalgia than Science David Klinghoffer June 10, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution 4 The biomorphs are "digital animals...grounded in 1970s assumptions," long outdated. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date June 7, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __tedited, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, computational power, expertise, human intelligence, human mind, intelligence, machine intelligence, meaninglessness, Overruling Intelligence, Watson Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI Brendan Dixon June 7, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 8 It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date May 20, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computational reductionism, human intelligence, human mind, hype, machine metaphor, meat machines, mimicry, Overruling Intelligence No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer Brendan Dixon May 20, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 5 AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent DesignScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, agency, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High” David Klinghoffer April 26, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning 4 But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date April 21, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, AI, anti-human exceptionalism, computer simulations, deep learning, Elon Musk, Futurism, Go (game), heuristic, human intelligence, Internet, machine learning, Michio Kaku, Neural Networks, self-awareness, sentience, Stephen Hawking, superintelligence How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future? Brendan Dixon April 21, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design 6 Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›
Type post Author Winston Ewert Date April 18, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolution Tagged , __k-review, Research, science Haarsma’s Pykaryotes — Another Failed Evolution Simulation Winston Ewert April 18, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution 1 If Professor Haarsma's name sounds familiar that may be because he is the husband of BioLogos president Deborah Haarsma. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date April 3, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Science More on "Intelligent Design Without a Designer" Brendan Dixon April 3, 2016 Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design 1 A reader, Eric, writes to ask about my post "Nature 'Learns' to Create Complexity? Think Again." Read More ›
