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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 9, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, ABC News, Casey Luskin, cave art, fire, Homo naledi, human origins, ID the Future, intelligence, Lee Berger, Netflix, podcast}

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo naledi Claims

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October 9, 2023

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They claim that the small-brained species had high intelligence and engaged in activities like burying their dead, using fire, and engaging in cave wall art. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 4, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Mathematics
Tagged
, alligators, americans, blood pressure, cats, cattle, chickens, Dogs, domestication, Enterprise, friendship, horses, humans, intelligent design, kittens, mammals, pets, Philadelphia, pigeons, rabbits, Star Trek, stress}

Intelligent Design in Human-Animal Friendships

_{Eric Hedin
October 4, 2023

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A man and his emotional support alligator, Wally, made headlines last week when they tried to attend a baseball game together in Philadelphia. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 3, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstractions, animals, birds, cats, cuttlefish, dolphins, dreaming, horses, information, learning, memory, rapid eye movement, sleep, Smithsonian Magazine, spiders, thought, whales}

Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 3, 2023

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Researchers have detected something like REM (rapid eye movement) sleep — which is associated with dreaming in humans — in jumping spiders. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
September 22, 2023

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, afterlife, Arizona State University, bioRxiv, brain, burial, Chris Stringer, documentary, eLife, evolution, fire, Homo naledi, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, intelligence, Lee Berger, Natural History Museum, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, peer review, religion, skeletons, The Guardian, University of Western Australia}

Peer Review Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Used Fire, and Scrawled on Cave Wall

_{Casey Luskin
September 22, 2023

Cultural Anthropology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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I could not find a single reviewer who accepted the claims of the papers. They were harshly critical of claims of intentional burial of the skeletons. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
September 13, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, ChatGPT4, Chronicle of Higher Education, classical music, Erik Larson, Harvard University Press, hospital, human intelligence, humor, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, jokes, large language models, Ludwig van Beethoven, mouse, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, whale, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

ChatGPT Is Becoming Increasingly Impressive

_{William A. Dembski
September 13, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Yet I continue to maintain that human intelligence is qualitatively different from artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 9, 2023

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, culture, Democrats, Republicans, robot, Washington DC}

Oliver Anthony and Human Exceptionalism

_{Peter Biles
September 9, 2023

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If you’ve been online at all for the last few weeks, chances are you’ve come across headlines about the folk/country singer Oliver Anthony. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, aesthetics, birds, childhood, ears, emotions, evolutionary adaptation, hearing, medicine, mental health, mind, music, planets, Plato, soul, sound waves, speech, sun, UC Berkeley, YouTube videos}

The Human Mind Is Wired for Music: How Did That Come About?

_{Eric Hedin
August 22, 2023

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design

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Most of us can correctly remember melodies and lyrics learned in childhood, even years after last having heard them. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, C.S. Lewis, chatbot, ChatGPT, consciousness, Edgar Allan Poe, human uniqueness, literature, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen King, stories, Walter Bradley Center, Wheaton College}

Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story

_{Peter Biles
August 16, 2023

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The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, history, humans, imagination, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural world}

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

_{Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 3, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, animal life, animals, Becket Cook, Bible, communication, Darwinism, David Berlinski, discontinuity, Dogs, humans, Jesuits, Ovid, pets, Science After Babel}

With Becket Cook, David Berlinski Discusses Speech as a Problem for Darwin, and More

_{David Klinghoffer
July 3, 2023

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Dog owners know that to look into your dog’s eyes is often to see that the dog has something he wishes to say but lacks the “machinery for externalization.” Read More ›