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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
October 22, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, English, fiction, large language models, literature, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michelangelo, Ray Kurzweil, William Shakespeare}

Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models

_{William A. Dembski
October 22, 2024

Bioethics, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 6, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, cells, Daniel Dennett, DNA, natural selection, panpsychism, RNA, thymine, uracil, warfare, William A. Dembski}

RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 6, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Linguistics

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Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Psychology
Tagged
, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, Energy, Galen Strawson, illusion, matter, natural selection, neuroscience, panpsychism, random mutation, snakes, universe}

Biophysicist Proposes “Spiritual Particle”

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 2, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics, Psychology

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It has, Douglas Youvan suggests, a dual nature, interacting with both matter and consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 28, 2024

Categories
Archaeology
Botany
Geology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Paleontology
Physics
Tagged
, Bible, Forensics, history, intelligent causes, intelligent design, Jerusalem, SETI, stratigraphy, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology

_{David Coppedge
May 28, 2024

Archaeology, Botany, Geology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Paleontology, Physics

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Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 12, 2024

Categories
Astronomy
Evolutionary Psychology
Faith & Science
Geophysics
Intelligent Design
Rare Earth
Tagged
, Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, geophysics, helium, hydrogen, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, materialists, nitrogen, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, Wikipedia}

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet

_{Casey Luskin
May 12, 2024

Astronomy, Evolutionary Psychology, Faith & Science, Geophysics, Intelligent Design, Rare Earth

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You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Read More ›

Sunset on the red rocks of the Garden of the Gods State Park in Colorado Springs

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 25, 2024

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science Education
Social Sciences
Tagged
, Brian Miller, C.S. Lewis Fellows Program on Science and Society, careers, deadline, education, faculty, history, intelligent design, law, postdoc, Research, scholarship, scientists, teaching, tuition}

Apply for the Cost-Free Summer Seminars on ID, but Do It Now! Deadline Is March 31

_{Casey Luskin
March 25, 2024

Arts, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science Education, Social Sciences

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How can you get involved with ID research? For many scholars, the answer was to attend our Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Arts
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
Tagged
, archeology, baboons, beavers, Darwinian theory, genetic admixture, Günter Bechly, hominins, human origins, humans, Neanderthals, paleontologists, primates, rocks}

Human Origins and the Beginning of Art

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 7, 2024

Arts, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology

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There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 6, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Paleontology
Tagged
, burial, death, Emory University, Europe, genetic admixture, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, human origins, humans, invertebrates, life, life after death, Neanderthals, octopuses, Psychology Today, religion}

Were Neanderthals Religious?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology

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We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›

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Author
Subboor Ahmad

Date
January 30, 2024

Categories
Biology
Ecology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Social Sciences
Tagged
, 9/11 attack, agnostics, Angus Menuge, Christians, Darwinism, Debating Design, Elliott Sober, epigenetics, evolution, genomics, intelligent design, John Polkinghorne, Kenneth Miller, Michael Ruse, Muslims, neo-Darwinian mechanisms, New Atheism, Paul Davies, podcast, problems, puzzles, Richard Swinburne, Robert Pennock, self-organization, Stuart Kauffman, theistic evolution, Theodosius Dobzhansky, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski}

Dembski and Ruse Look Back on 20 Years of Debate — And a Special Anniversary

_{Subboor Ahmad
January 30, 2024

Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Social Sciences

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The protest about the “spectre of intelligent design” was telling. When critics start talking that way, you can’t help wondering if ID is onto something. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 30, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, aboutness, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, autism, B. F. Skinner, ChatGPT, chess, Elon Musk, Erik Larson, G.K. Chesterton, Go (game), human bodies, large language models, machines, Noam Chomsky, rabbits, René Descartes, self-driving cars, Tesla, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, words}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Poverty of the Stimulus

_{William A. Dembski
January 30, 2024

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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It doesn’t even matter if the child is blind, deaf, or both. Barring developmental disorders (such as some forms of autism), the child can learn language. Read More ›