Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

_{Science & Culture
June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›

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June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, earth, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, abrupt appearance, academic freedom, Amazon, BioLogos, critics, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute Press, evolution, fossil record, gradualism, Greg Cootsona, Günter Bechly, Heretic: One Scientist’s Journey from Darwin to Design, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Matti Leisola, Neo-Darwinism, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, reviews, scientists, stasis, Stockholm University}

Heretic Is for the ID Critic, or the Curious Reader, in Your Life

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Yesterday on Twitter we had the opportunity to recommend it to an ID critic who wrote a book chapter on intelligent design without first doing his homework. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, "God of the gaps", American Scientific Affiliation, Big Bang, Charles Townes, deism, history, intelligent design, Louis Pasteur, Nobel Prize, science, scientism, theistic evolution}

In Defense of Theistic Evolution, Denis Lamoureux Rewrites History

_{Jonathan Witt
June 8, 2018

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physics

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Scientism’s grand progress narrative holds that as we learn more and more about the world, purely natural or material explanations inevitably will arise and grow stronger. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, biologist, Claude Bernard, Daniel Dennett, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, homeostasis, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, Purpose and Desire, radio, State University of New York, Stephen Meyer}

Listen: Turner, Meyer, and Bernard’s Dangerous Idea

_{David Klinghoffer
June 7, 2018

Intelligent Design

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“There is intelligence that underlies the evolutionary process. You cannot explain it without that.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Geology
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, amino acids, building blocks, carbon, Curiosity rover, earth, life, Mars, NASA, nucleotides, Science (journal), USA Today, Wikipedia}

Much Ado About Martian Organics

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2018

Biology, Geology, Physical Sciences

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The news from NASA today, undeniably of some mild interest, is being overblown. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, Bilateria, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, Eumetazoa, gene regulatory networks, genes, genetic information, genome, Günter Bechly, Metazoa, morphogenesis, multicellularity, natural selection, paleontology, Planulozoa, protein folds, Science (journal), Stephen Meyer, UC Berkeley}

Groundbreaking Paper Shows Thousands of New Genes Needed for the Origin of Animals

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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This is nothing short of a spectacular vindication of Stephen Meyer’s perspective in Darwin's Doubt. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, smart machines, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage, work}

Jay Richards: Kissinger on the New World of Artificial Intelligence

_{Science & Culture
June 6, 2018

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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AI is about statistical processing, not budding consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), cells, intelligent design, machines, molecular biology, National Academy of Sciences, organisms, protein folding, protein machines, proteins, Stony Brook University}

Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”

_{Casey Luskin
June 6, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, beauty, Cicero, David Hume, evolution, horse, Johann Sebastian Bach, music, natural selection, neuroscience, New York Times, Paul Davies, Pleistocene, sea urchins, sexual dimorphism, symmetry}

Beauty Leads Us Home

_{Ann Gauger
June 6, 2018

Arts, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me? Read More ›