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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 11, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, copyright, critical thinking, Gary Smith, images, intelligence, novels, writing}

For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

_{Peter Biles
March 11, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›

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Author
Nathan Jacobson

Date
March 9, 2023

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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, animatronics, artificial intelligence, charcoal, imitation, intelligent design, Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, painting, photography, realism, Renaissance, Robert J. Marks II, rocks, Steve Jobs}

Depths of Design: Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

_{Nathan Jacobson
March 9, 2023

Arts, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The effort to mirror objects in the world in our artistic creations reaches back into prehistory. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, appetite, brain, Brown University, Cartesian dualism, Christianity, consciousness, emotion, evolution, eye, intellect, Kenneth Miller, materialism, memory, mind-brain problem, neuroscience, perception, René Descartes, res cogitans, res extensa, Roman Catholic, sensations, soul, The Human Instinct, Thomas Aquinas}

Kenneth Miller on Consciousness and Evolution

_{Michael Egnor
March 8, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Despite Miller's claims, neither human reason nor free will evolved because neither is generated by material processes. Read More ›

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Date
March 7, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, computers, Discovery Institute, human beings, information, Non-Computable You, probabilities, Robert J. Marks II, The Federalist}

Marks: Human Exceptionalism in a World of AI

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March 7, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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“Ever wonder whether computers will one day be capable of doing everything that human beings can?” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, amino acids, Aristotle, arthritis, body, causation, chirality, documentary, final cause, Francis Bacon, free will, Johns Hopkins University, libertarian free will, material cause, matter, mind, neuroscience, quantum mechanics, sculptor, sculpture, Sean Carroll, trailer}

Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

_{Michael Egnor
March 6, 2023

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, Fox News, future, Futurism, higher education, history, LaMDA, Non-Computable You, podcast, religion, Robert J. Marks II, self-driving cars, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, World Economic Forum}

Will AI “Own the World”? Robert J. Marks Talks with Laura Ingraham

_{Peter Biles
March 3, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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In response to those who believe AI will take over the world, Marks says, "Look at history." Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Reporting
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, ChatGPT, Discovery Institute, Max Tegmark, MIT, Robert J. Marks II}

Robert J. Marks Pours Cold Water on ChatGPT Hype

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February 25, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting

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Are you tired of hearing about ChatGPT yet — "basically high-tech plagiarism," as Noam Chomsky has said? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 2, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbot, ChatGPT, computer program, computers, death, faith, software, transhumanism, transhumanists}

The Fantasy of Living Forever in a Computer

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2023

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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If eternal life is attainable, it will be found by working on one’s soul in faith, not by developing ever-more-advanced AI computers. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 26, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain activity, brain scan, brain waves, Bruce Greyson, death, emotion, hearing, heart, memory, near-death experiences, vision}

Near-Death Research Slowly Fills in the Picture

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 26, 2023

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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When an 87-year-old man was having his brain scanned, he died — unexpectedly — of a heart attack. So, the scan recorded his unanticipated final brain activity. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 21, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Adam Frank, Bernardo Kastrup, Big Think, Bruce Greyson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Closer to Truth, consciousness, David Chalmers, death, hard problem of consciousness, life after death, moral choice, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience News, npr, Scientific American, Standard Model}

Is Life After Death Incompatible with Physics?

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 21, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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In 2011, Sean Carroll wrote an essay on why — from a science perspective — our minds must be extinguished at death Read More ›