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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
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Bradley Center to Sort Reality from Rubbish on AI; Join Us July 11 in Seattle for the Big Launch!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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I sometimes wonder if hype about artificial intelligence, the wonderful or terrible things it will do for or to us, functions as a deliberate distraction. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Metaphysics
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, __cedited, action potentials, artifacts, cochlea, Darwinists, ear, intelligent design, machine, natural philosophy, nervous system, piano, Rockefeller University, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Thomists, transducer}

Note to Thomists: The Ear Is a Reverse Piano

_{Michael Egnor
June 12, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Metaphysics

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James Hudspeth, of Rockefeller University, just won the Norwegian Academy of Science’s Kavli Prize in science. Read More ›

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Date
May 30, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy
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, __cedited, Aquinas and Evolution, Father Michael Chaberek, ID the Future, intelligent design, Logan Gage, podcast, Roman Catholic, Sarah Chaffee, Thomas Aquinas}

On Thomistic Evolution, New Book by Fr. Michael Chaberek Is a Debate-Changer

_{Science & Culture
May 30, 2018

Faith & Science, Philosophy

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Professor Logan Gage says Fr. Chaberek’s book shows how “Thomistic” evolution contradicts Aquinas. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 28, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, artificial intelligence, Bible, civilization, contagion, Europe, Henry Kissinger, machines, metal, paper, Politics, printing press, Reformation, religion, René Girard, silicon, Spain, The Atlantic, thought, Wesley Smith}

Kissinger and Girard on Artificial Intelligence

_{Michael Egnor
May 28, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

Any genuine understanding of the impact AI will have (and is having) on humanity must begin with Girard. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, __cedited, atheism, Bruce Chapman, Columbia University, culture, Darwinian theory, economics, Ernst Haeckel, Germany, gnosticism, government, Heritage Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, Politicians, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson}

Darwin, Marx, and Something Called Political “Science”

_{Bruce Chapman
May 22, 2018

Bioethics, Biology, Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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A central progressive theme was historicism, crediting history almost exclusively with the development of culture. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, ABC News, atheism, BBC News, biotech, brain, Christianity, computers, Duke University, Jesus Christ, Oxford University, Princeton University, Ray Kurzweil, salvation, Singularity, transhumanism, Yale University, Zoltan Istvan}

Transhumanism: A Wail of Despair in the Night

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 14, 2018

Bioethics, Philosophy

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Transhumanists seek to “seize control of human evolution” by harnessing the naked power of biotech, cyber tech, and computer tech. Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
April 28, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, Bible, Brian Keating, credulity, faith, hypothesis, knowledge, multiverse, PragerU, rhetoric, theists, truth, UC San Diego, video}

“Faith” and the Multiverse: A Response

_{Paul Nelson
April 28, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy, Physical Sciences

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I grasp the argument Professor Brian Keating is making in his PragerU video. Read More ›

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Author
Jay W. Richards

Date
April 16, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
Tagged
, __cedited, Alasdair MacIntyre, americans, artificial intelligence, China, Declaration of Independence, government, human rights, machines, natural selection, random mutations, robots, Star Trek, Thomas Jefferson, unicorns, University of Notre Dame}

Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers

_{Jay W. Richards
April 16, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics

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Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotle, cosmic fine-tuning, Hungary, intelligent design, materialism, Michael Egnor, multiverse, neuroscience, Philip Goff, podcast, Sarah Chaffee, theism, Thomas Aquinas, universe}

Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
April 3, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Metaphysics
Tagged
, __cedited, Aristotelianism, birds, common descent, creation, Epicureanism, evolutionary theory, homology, horse, inheritance, Jerry Coyne, just-so stories, monkey, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, teleology, Why Evolution Is True}

What Your Biology Teacher Didn’t Tell You

_{Cornelius Hunter
April 3, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Metaphysics

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Here are unauthorized answers to questions posed by Jerry Coyne's blog. Read More ›