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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Benedikt Hallgrimsson, Bernard Kettlewell, Biston betularia, Brian K. Hall, butterflies, embryos, Ernst Haeckel, evolution, fruit flies, gene regulation, gills, Haeckel’s embryos, Icons of Evolution, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Jonathan Wells, Judith Hooper, junk DNA, Michael Majerus, moths, Of Moths and Men, Peter Grant, pharyngeal arches, Rosemary Grant, Strickberger’s Evolution, textbooks, tree trunks, wings, Zombie Science (book)}

Strickberger’s Evolution Textbook Promotes False Evolutionary Icons

_{Robert Shedinger
July 20, 2020

Evolution

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From crippled fruit flies we move to perhaps the most pervasive icon of them all, the peppered moth. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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, artificial general intelligence, computer science, computer simulations, deep learning, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, John Koza, Neural Networks, neuroevolution, software, software engineering}

Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 18, 2020

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 17, 2020

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Tagged
, Achilles heel, Alan Turing, algorithms, computer science, Darwinian algorithm, early Earth, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary computation, fitness functions, Neural Networks, predictions, programmers, software}

Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 17, 2020

Environment & Climate, Evolution

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It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, atheism, Bari Weiss, bullying, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, Darwinism, designers, Discovery Institute Press, editors, heroes, ideology, integrity, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, media, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, pandemic, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, scientists, Sean Carroll, The Hill, The Miracle of the Cell, Twitter, writers}

Politicized Science Can Be Deadly; Time to Restore Integrity

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Imagine there was a pandemic and people found themselves greeting statements from scientists, conveyed by the media, with increasing jaded skepticism. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beauty, Centre for Intelligent Design UK, coherence, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hugo van Woerden, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, molecular biology, pandemic, semiotics, United Kingdom, virology, viruses}

Design in Virology? Webinars to Examine COVID-19

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The United Kingdom's Centre for Intelligent Design will host a series of YouTube livestreams, beginning this Friday, July 17. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, computers, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary computation, generations, genetic programming, John Koza, Kolmogorov complexity, programmers, software, Turing Machine, Turing test}

The State of the Art in Evolutionary Computation

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 16, 2020

Evolution

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As with early AI, the claims are inflated, unsupported, and the solutions do not scale to real world problems. Perhaps an EA “winter” is long overdue. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 15, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, computers, evolutionary computation, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, John Koza, Moore’s law, natural selection, neuroevolution, Sudoku}

On Evolutionary Computation

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 15, 2020

Evolution

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From the early 1950s, multiple well-documented attempts to make Darwin’s algorithm work on a computer have been published. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, academia, Bari Weiss, censorship, Darwinism, discrimination, dissent, Douglas Axe, Eric Hedin, Free Science, free speech, Granville Sewell, Günter Bechly, intelligent design, journalists, Michael Egnor, New York Times, Richard Sternberg, scientists, Scott Minnich, self-censorship, Smithsonian Institution}

Bari Weiss Knows What ID Scientists Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Advocates of intelligent design have experienced the lengths to which upholders of the “predetermined narrative” will go to punish dissent. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, Boston, debate, Evolution News, evolutionary biology, intelligent design, Jonathan M., Newcastle University, Oxford University, Peter Atkins, readers, Sattler College}

Welcome Back, Jonathan McLatchie, and Congratulations!

_{David Klinghoffer
July 14, 2020

Evolution

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As of January 2020, Jonathan M. is now Dr. Jonathan McLatchie. He earned a PhD in evolutionary biology from the Biosciences Institute at Newcastle University. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 14, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial life, Charles Darwin, computer science, Darwinian algorithm, evolution, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, Gregory Chaitin, sex}

What Can and Can’t Darwin’s Algorithm Compute?

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 14, 2020

Evolution

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A number of seminal papers have been published attempting to formalize Darwin’s biological theory from the point of view of computational sciences. Read More ›