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red pulsating heart with veins, anatomy of a human organ, on a blue background with bokeh

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 17, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Technology
Tagged
, atrial fibrillation, confidence, database, Eric Anderson, evidence, headlines, medical claims, medical world, patients, rigor, Science News, scientific claims}

High Confidence? Low Confidence? Six Criteria for Science Claims

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 17, 2026

Medicine, Technology

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To illustrate the difference between high and low confidence science, Rob Stadler shares a humbling story from his career in medical devices. Read More ›

Closeup of a newborn baby dreaming and smiling while sleeping.

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Author
George Montañez

Date
March 12, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, AI systems, angels, Arthur Benjamin, artifacts, artificial inteligence, atheists, Buddhists, Christianity, dehumanizing, ethics, functional capabilities, Herodians, Hindus, human abilities, human intelligence, human value, humans, image, image-bearing, intelligence, jesus, Judaism, Judeo-Christian framework, Muslims, newborn, Pharisees, representation, resemblance, Son of Man, spiritual beings}

Why AI Won’t Replace Us Spiritually

_{George Montañez
March 12, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

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AI systems increasingly resemble human intelligence. But resemblance alone does not make them image bearers. It cannot. AI systems do not represent God. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 9, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, art, Claude Debussy, cooking, dexterity, evolutionary process, evolutionary theory, exoskeleton, fingers, fitness, Formula 1 race car, go-kart, hand muscles, human brain, Menahem Pressler, motor cortex, motor units, muscle units, muscles, music, nerve pathways, prosthetic device, skillful moving, surgery, survival, technology, tool-making, touch, typing, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Fingers Are Fine-Tuned Far Beyond the Need for Survival

_{Stuart Burgess
March 9, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Our exoskeleton could only make simple hand grips, far short of what a healthy human hand could manage. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
March 2, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ACL, anatomy, bipedal posture, cross links, cruciate ligaments, engineers, evolutionary theory, flexion, foot, four-bar linkage, hip joint, human knee, intelligent design, joints, knee joint, locking, multifunctioning, Nathan Lents, PCL, poor design, quads, rotation, squatting, standing, strength, tibia}

The Incredible “Floating” Human Knee Joint

_{Stuart Burgess
March 2, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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I fully agree with Nathan Lents that the evolutionary paradigm predicts the knee should be a very poor design Read More ›

AI Artificial Intelligence,Digital chatbot, Man chatting with digital assistant chatbot on mobilephone on internet application,Future of customer service man utilizes AI chatbot for instant assistance

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
February 27, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbots, ChatGPT, cheating, culture, environment, ethics, jobs, Julie Jargon, Leo Gurney, London, parents, privacy, social media, students, teachers, technology, teens, Wall Street Journal, young people}

Good News: Young People Are Skeptical of AI — Even if Their Parents Aren’t

_{Peter Biles
February 27, 2026

Computational Sciences, Ethics, Technology

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ChatGPT. Every student uses it to write papers. So goes the pervading fear, that is. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
February 26, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, AI agents, automaton, capability widgets, computer, desire, digital media, displacement, disruption, economics, expertise, generative AI systems, goal-setting, Hidden Figures, human computer, humans, information technology, Johannes Gutenberg, journalism, knowledge, labor, literacy, machines, manual labor, manufacturing, mass media, publishing, replacement, science, scribes, tech economy, technology, widgets, work}

Will Humans Still Matter in an AI Economy?

_{George Montañez
February 26, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

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Before Johannes Gutenberg’s invention, scribes painstakingly copied manuscripts by hand. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, arithmetic, artificial inteligence, attention, bigram model, Claude, Claude Shannon, coherence, comprehension, computer code, conversations, Data Processing Inequality, disinformation, embedding, English, fish, food, functional capability, games, generative AI systems, GPT-5, humans, incompleteness theorem, information theory, Kurt Gödel, large language models, mathematical reasoning, model collapse, music, numbers, pixels, poetry, processing, prompts, reasoning, René Magritte, semantics, statistical patterns, syntax, The Treachery of Images, tokens, vectors, video, William Shakespeare, word approximation, words}

Why AI Can’t Replace Us Functionally

_{George Montañez
February 25, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

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The map is not the territory. The symbol is not the thing. And the model is not the mind. Read More ›

Muscular Male athlete sprinter running fast,exercising outdoors,jogging outside against gray concret background with copy space area for text message or ad content.Side view,full length

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
February 20, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Darwinian expectations, engineering, evolution, eye, habitats, ID the Future, intelligent design, lab coats, locomotion, middle ear, nervous system, origins, Richard Dawkins, scientific theories, structures, systems, theories of origins, Ultimate Engineering, wrist joint}

Listen: Stuart Burgess Details Examples of Your Body’s Ultimate Engineering

_{Andrew McDiarmid
February 20, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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He’ll relate the time he and famed biologist Richard Dawkins debated, and he’ll remind us why we are all qualified to evaluate scientific theories of origins. Read More ›

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Author
Stuart Burgess

Date
February 19, 2026

Categories
Anatomy
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, abiogenesis, Alan Linton, biologists, biomechanics, Bristol University, David Gelernter, Dean Kenyon, evolution, evolutionary materialism, Günter Bechly, Hallmarks of Design, intelligent design, King Charles III, muscles, non-scientists, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Reith lecture, Richard Dawkins, technology, tendons, Ultimate Engineering, unguided evolution}

Friends in High Places: Prince Charles and Others

_{Stuart Burgess
February 19, 2026

Anatomy, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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The prince’s criticism of evolutionary theory did cause quite a stir in the national press in the UK. Read More ›

Thought processes emotional intelligence are rendered through symbolic pathways that meticulously trace the minds inner workings

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
February 18, 2026

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biobots, cosmology, development, embryos, engineering, fine-tuning, human body, hybrots, machines, mathematicians, measure problem, Michael Levin, minds, multiverse, optimality, Pavlovian conditioning, personal agent, Plato, Platonic forms, Platonic ideas, Platonic patterns, Pythagoras, Richard Sternberg, scientific investigation, Tufts University, Ultimate Engineering, universe}

Platonic Minds: How Stuart Burgess’s Ultimate Engineering Challenges Maverick Biologist Michael Levin

_{Brian Miller
February 18, 2026

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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Levin faces a measure problem analogous to that in cosmology, resulting from the optimality of biological designs. Read More ›