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Jonathan Wells

Date
June 22, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Psychology
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, __k-review, “consensus science”, Bill Nye, Cambridge Medical Research Council Centre, children, Cyanobacteria, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Douglas Axe, Francis Crick, functional coherence, intelligent design, interventions, intuition, Journal of Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, photosynthesis, Richard Dawkins, theism, Universal Design Intuition, University of Cambridge}

A Child’s Intuition of Purpose in Nature Is No Accident

_{Jonathan Wells
June 22, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Psychology

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In 1929, child psychologist Jean Piaget called children “artificialists” who tend to regard everything as “the product of human creation.” Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2018

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Engineering
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, DNA, Eric Anderson, ID the Future, information, intelligence, intelligent design, Mike Keas, physical objects, podcast, Saturn}

DNA as Clue: How Intelligence Detects and Creates Information

_{Science and Culture
June 21, 2018

Engineering, Intelligent Design

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What does it mean that there’s information in DNA, and how does this distinguish it from most other physical objects? Read More ›

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Date
June 21, 2018

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Biology
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, architecture, Caltech, cells, cytoplasm, Dalton, Darwinians, evolution, Huntington’s disease, information, motor neuron disease, mRNA, Nature Communications, nuclear pore complex, nucleus, organization, Panama Canal, proteins}

How the Nucleus Guards Its Gates

_{Science and Culture
June 21, 2018

Biology, Life Sciences

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Details of the nuclear pore complex, one of the largest and most complex protein systems in the cell, come into sharper focus as a team watches how it validates a messenger RNA. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment, virtue}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, artificial intelligence, computers, George Montañez, Google, Jay Richards, materialist, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, privacy, Robert J. Marks II, robots, smart machines, Stony Brook University, The Human Advantage, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

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
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, american enterprise institute, Arthur C. Brooks, artificial intelligence, economics, employment, Facebook, hysteria, Jay Richards, media, Museum of Flight, population, Seattle, signature, smart machines, steam engine, The Human Advantage, Twitter, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, work}

What to Fear? Jay Richards’s The Human Advantage Is Out!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The scary thing about AI and related advances in technology is not what it will to do us — like put us all out of work — but what we’ll do with it to ourselves and each other. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, apes, Canis familiaris, cats, communication, Daily Mail, Dogs, Fox News, humans, mammals, New York Post, phylogeny, reporters, science, speech, United Kingdom}

This Is Science — Dog Study Confirms What Everyone Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Ethics, Evolution

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In contrast with apes, it’s a tougher sell to say that dogs share an ability to communicate with us because of being close evolutionary cousins. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Social Sciences
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, __k-review, behavior, bullying, Charles Darwin, cognition, culture, education, evolutionary theory, humans, motivation, Nautilus, prestige, society, status, University of Texas}

Why Social Science Does Not Need Evolutionary Theory

_{Richard Weikart
June 19, 2018

Evolution, Psychology, Social Sciences

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The example that Professor Cristine Legare proffers is schoolyard bullying. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, book, debate, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Keas, monolith, Moon, movie, newspaper, podcast, rock, Saturn, snowflakes, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, Toronto}

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Darwinism, female, Francis Crick Institute, genitalia, humans, junk DNA, male, mice, neo-Darwinian theory, non-coding DNA, ovaries, proteins, Research, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), testes, Y chromosome}

An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

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“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›