Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 3, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, Cities of the Absurd, Kenneth Francis, Mario Beauregard, materialism, Michael Egnor, Michael Shermer, mind, narrative, near-death experiences, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, New English Review, paradoxical lucidity, Piers Morgan Uncensored, Richard Dawkins, short stories, skepticism, soul, split brain, The Immortal Mind}

From Science, New Respect for Non-Materialist Understandings of the Mind

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 3, 2025

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Yes, there are still people who insist that science can only consider material causes and concepts. Read More ›

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Date
August 2, 2025

Categories
Epistemology
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, brain processes, Brown University, cognitive science, computational mechanics, computationalism, computer science, computers, humans, intellect, James F. Ross, John McCarthy, John Searle, mind, modus tollens, Pat Flynn, philosophy, Roderick Chisholm, Selmer Bringsjord, Thomas Aquinas, triangularity}

How Understanding Points Beyond Physicalism

_{Science and Culture
August 2, 2025

Epistemology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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A computer science professor shows, using logic, how you must be more than mere matter. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, Bard, ChatGPT, Conservation of Information, data, education, human capabilities, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, physical world, podcast, technology, thought, truth, Wikipedia, William Dembski}

Bill Dembski: Pursuing Truth and Trust in AI and LLMs

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 1, 2025

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dembski and I also explore the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities and education if used judiciously. Read More ›

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Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Anatomy
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adam Jacobs, brain, cerebral cortex, consciousness, Denyse O'Leary, eliminative materialism, Global Workspace Theory, Integrated information theory, mathematics, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Patricia Churchland, precentral gyrus, Stony Brook University, The Immortal Mind}

Where in the Brain Does the Mind Reside?

_{Science and Culture
August 1, 2025

Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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A rabbi asks neurosurgeon Michael Egnor how consciousness can exist without a place in the brain. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 1, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biologists, biology, Casey Luskin, conversation, Dan Stern Cardinale, Darwinists, dialogue, DNA, evolution, Evolution 2.0, funding, intelligent design, Kevin Laland, Lala Lab, Laland Lab, money, Neo-Darwinism, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, physiologists, prestige, recognition, St. Andrews University, Third Way of Evolution}

Darwinists Fear Conversations Like the One Casey Luskin Just Had with Denis Noble

_{David Klinghoffer
August 1, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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As Casey Luskin described yesterday, he had a fruitful and genial online discussion recently with Oxford University biologist and physiologist Denis Noble. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic control circuits, bacteria, Bill Gates, blind evolution, Casey Luskin, computer programming, conditional logic, conditional logic control circuits, Denis Noble, DNA, enzymes, evolution, evolutionary biology, glucose, intelligence, intelligent design, lactose, Oxford University, Perry Marshall, promoter, pseudocode, RNA polymerase, Third Way of Evolution}

My Conversation with Denis Noble and Perry Marshall About Evolution and Intelligent Design

_{Casey Luskin
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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In our experience, what cause generates conditional logic circuits, and then what cause re-uses those algorithmic programs over and over in different systems? Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 31, 2025

Categories
Computational Sciences
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bard, ChatGPT, computer science, Grok, ID the Future, intelligent design, large language models, mathematicians, mathematics, philosophers, philosophy, poodcast, SETI, The Design Inference, tokens, William A. Dembski}

On Intelligent Design, Is AI Teachable?

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 31, 2025

Computational Sciences, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Can large language models rise above the biases of sources like Wikipedia to help level the playing field for intelligent design? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, amino acids, Arginine, attenuation, biosynthesis, blind processes, design logic, DNA, engineering, enzymes, evolution, genes, hairpin, histidine, homology, intelligent design, leader transcript, mRNA, operon regulation, operons, phenylalanines, prokaryotes, recurring design logic, regulation, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, transcription, translation, tryptophan, unguided processes}

Recurring Design Logic in Attenuation Mechanisms

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 30, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Despite the striking parallels between these systems in terms of the design logic, these attenuation systems are not evolutionarily related to one another. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blue jeans, body type, Brian Miller, David Klinghoffer, DNA, earth, eugenics, genes, genetic predisposition, genetics, genome, Heaven, humor, information, intelligent, jeans, Kara Kennedy, material genome, mathematics, Michael Levin, philosophy, Plato, Plato's Revenge, Platonic space, race, Richard Sternberg, Spencer Klavan, Sydney Sweeney, The Free Press, white supremacy}

With Sydney Sweeney’s “Great Genes,” Plato Exacts His Revenge

_{David Klinghoffer
July 30, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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If I had no sense of humor whatsoever about the whole thing, I would point out that the nature of “genes” is the subject of a fascinating scientific dispute. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 30, 2025

Categories
Astronomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, 'Oumuamua, aliens, Anti-Semite of the Week, anti-Semitism, Avi Loeb, Brian Keating, Candace Owens, Claudine Gay, Darwinists, Dave Farina, extraterrestrial intelligence, genocide, Harvard University, Israel, Jews, John West, Nick Fuentes, October 7, Paul Nelson, Professor Dave, science educators, space, Tel Aviv, UC San Diego, X (platform), YouTube videos, Zionism}

On YouTube, Dave Farina Gives Avi Loeb the Hamas Treatment

_{David Klinghoffer
July 30, 2025

Astronomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Farina was known to us before for his puerile attack videos aimed at intelligent design proponents. Read More ›