Mimicking Seahorse Tails Could Lead to Better Robots

_{Casey Luskin
July 7, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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The best way to study the operation of these structures is to treat them as engineered systems that are designed with some kind of a purpose. Read More ›

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Date
May 29, 2015

Categories
Intelligent Design
Technology
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Listen: Intelligent Designs in Nature Make Engineers Envious

_{Science & Culture
May 29, 2015

Intelligent Design, Technology

1}

An emerging science of imitating nature, known as biomimetics, has attracted extensive research and led to new technologies. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 28, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, Health & Wellness, News, Research, science}

John Holdren, White House Science Adviser, Hedges on Human Germline Engineering

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 28, 2015

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

1}

His statement expresses zero moral opposition to the genetic engineering of the human genome. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 10, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, Health & Wellness, science, Views}

As Clay in the Potter’s Hand, Eugenicists Would Edit Human Genes

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 10, 2015

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

1}

One Oxford bioethicist says germ-line experiments are no different from having cell phones and computers. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
May 4, 2015

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
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, __k-review, science}

Could a Computer Experience Consciousness? Why Not a Typewriter?

_{Granville Sewell
May 4, 2015

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

1}

Here's one way to appreciate the problem human consciousness poses for Darwinism or any other mechanical theory of evolution. Read More ›

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Author
Erik J. Larson

Date
April 27, 2015

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, Continuing Series, Mind and Technology, science, Views}

Transhumanist Claims Aside, Enhancing Human Intelligence Isn’t on the Horizon

_{Erik J. Larson
April 27, 2015

Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

4}

First of all, human memory is not computer storage. Read More ›

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Author
Erik J. Larson

Date
April 24, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
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, __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, Mind and Technology, science, Views}

A Transhumanist Asks, "Why Not Be Superheroes?"

_{Erik J. Larson
April 24, 2015

Bioethics, Technology

1}

It's worth considering. With regard to human enhancement, where should the line be drawn? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2015

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Mind and Technology, science, The War on Humans, Views}

Machines Will Always Be Things, Never "Persons"

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2015

Bioethics, Technology

1}

Peter Singer claims that the brain is just a computer, and so if an AI machine were ever developed, it could be considered a person too. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 2, 2015

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Nature, science}

In Biology as in Technology, Similarities Do Not Prove the Absence of Intelligent Design

_{Granville Sewell
April 2, 2015

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

1}

The similarities between the history of life and the history of technology run deep. Read More ›

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Author
Erik J. Larson

Date
April 1, 2015

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Tagged
, __edited, Continuing Series, Mind and Technology, science, Views}

Reading David Chalmers on the Coming "Singularity"

_{Erik J. Larson
April 1, 2015

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science, Technology

10}

The New York University philosopher is well known for critiquing the scientific materialist's vision of explaining, someday, the phenomenon of conscious experience in purely material terms. Read More ›