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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 8, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, [Un]Intentional, 1 Thessalonians, absolutism, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Bible, Carl Rogers, ChatGPT, Christians, dopamine, Doug Smith, education, Edward Thorndike, Eighteenth Amendment, ELIZA program, Frederick Buechner, geography, history, Jacques Ellul, Jaime Escalante, Joseph Weizenbaum, Judeo-Christian tradition, large language models, Laurent Siklossy, liquor, Marshall McLuhan, math, mathematicians, Neil Postman, Open AI, Phillips Exeter Academy, programmed learning, Prohibition, Rogerian therapists, Sam Altman, software, St. Paul, Substack, technology, Turing test, William Jennings Bryan}

Against Anti-LLM and Anti-AI Absolutism

_{William A. Dembski
January 8, 2026

Computational Sciences, Science Education, Technology

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Doug Smith has been a software developer for three decades. He writes extensively about the impact of technology on culture. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
January 6, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, automobiles, chemical processes, Christianity for Doubters, computers, evolution, George Gaylord Simpson, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, jet airplanes, natural selection, nuclear power plants, physics, power plants, skulls, smart phones, software, technology, The Big Bang Revolutionaries, unintelligent forces}

The Strongest Argument for Intelligent Design Is Also the Simplest

_{Granville Sewell
January 6, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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“Those are just the skulls,” I protested. “The outside of my 1980s PC looks pretty similar to the frame of my new HP computer." Read More ›

Female robot face, Artificial intelligence concept. Generative AI

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 21, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, Bayesian reasoning, brain, brain mapping, COSM 2025, debates, emotions, free will, history of science, immaterial mind, intelligent design, logic, machines, mathematics, memories, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, near-death experiences, psychology, seizures, sensations, soul, twins}

COSM Debate: “Are Human Beings Machines?”

_{Casey Luskin
November 21, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The debate centered on the mind and brain and whether the mind is distinct from the brain or whether we’re nothing more than chemicals and firing neurons. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, ambition, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computer, COSM 2025, Discovery Institute, hallucinations, Microsoft, numbers, OpenAI, pixels, Star Trek, technology, Terminator, words}

Tech Exec Speaks Truth About AI at COSM

_{Casey Luskin
November 20, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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When AI assistants were first released, AI companies faced a problem: people were hesitant. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 20, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, academic freedom, Arizona, artificial inteligence, China, computer, COSM 2025, information, intelligent design, James Tour, memory, Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, SETI, Soviet Union, technology, voltage}

At COSM, Sharing Information Is Key to Solving Tech Problems

_{Casey Luskin
November 20, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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Information is key to innovation, and a familiar question intelligent design asks is “Where does information come from?” Read More ›

Dimly lit laboratory with chemicals and equipment in a vintage, cluttered room

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 31, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, activists, biotech, biotechnology, censorship, culture of death, dignity, embryos, environmentalism, fetal farming, gender dysphoria, gender ideology, genetic engineering, hospitals, human exceptionalism, human life, moral responsibility, nature rights, organ harvesting, totalitarianism, unborn, Wesley J. Smith}

Wesley J. Smith: Frightening Abuses of Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2025

Bioethics, Technology

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Experiments on the living unborn. Organ harvesting. Reckless biotech. Radical environmentalism. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, baseball, Ben Carson, books, ChatGPT, chess, Conservation of Information, education, Jaime Escalante, learning, literacy, LLMs, parents, reading, teachers, technology, transhumanism, Wall Street Journal, Zoom}

Edification vs. Enhancement — The Non-Transhumanist Vision of AI in Education

_{William A. Dembski
October 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Technology

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Edify your kids, don’t enhance them. We are organic beings, not gadgets to be improved with newer and better modules. Read More ›

aliens in the desert take a selfie. Generative AI

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 15, 2025

Categories
Planetology
Scientific Reasoning
Technology
Tagged
, astrobiologists, Avi Loeb, BBC, Carl Sagan, David Kipping, extraterrestrials, Gizmodo, Jonathan O’Callaghan, NASA, OSIRIS-REx, Principle of Mediocrity, Science Alert, Science Focus, SETI, solar system, technology, technosignatures, The Privileged Planet}

The Search for Extraterrestrials: Keeping Hope Alive

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 15, 2025

Planetology, Scientific Reasoning, Technology

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The question looms: How much can science avoid facts while retaining the character of science? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, biotechnology, China, Communists, death, despair, Falun Gong, hope, immortality, life-extension, organs, Orthodox Christians, political prisoners, Russia, technology, transhumanism, transhumanists, tyranny, Vladimir Putin}

Xi and Putin: Tyranny and Transhumanism

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 4, 2025

Bioethics, Technology

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Transhumanism is mostly a materialistic wail of despair in the night, a desperate quest for hope for those who are terrified that death leads to obliteration. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
September 4, 2025

Categories
Arts
Biology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, biochemists, cell phones, computers, David Klinghoffer, DNA, electrical engineering, engineering, genome, intelligence, intelligent design, Internet, life, organisms, Plato's Revenge, programming, radios, Richard Sternberg, smart phones, Stephen Iacoboni, technology, violin, Wendell Berry, William Shakespeare}

Biology, Like Technology, Requires “Something More”

_{Eric Hedin
September 4, 2025

Arts, Biology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Even when formed to perfection, a violin will not “hale souls out of men’s bodies” unless a master musician draws the bow across the strings. Read More ›