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No Pony in the Manure, No Consciousness in the Code

These AI champions are appealing to the Software of the Gaps, a secular cousin of the God of the Gaps. Read More ›
Adrift
Photo credit: Sujayadhar, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Euthanasia’s Cruel Compassion

Federico Carboni wanted suicide because he had no autonomy, saying in an interview, “I am like a boat adrift in the ocean.” Read More ›
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Listen: How Darwinian Materialism Poisoned Mainstream Ethics

Richard Dawkins felt free to encourage experimentation in ape-human hybrids, work that Dawkins hopes will undermine the idea that humans are anything special. Read More ›
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Photo: A traffic cop directing traffic, by Calebrw / CC BY-SA.

Darwinist Turns Math Cop: Track 1 and Track 2

Jason Rosenhouse insists that intelligent design proponents obey his rules, but happily flouts them himself. Read More ›
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Image: A LIDAR scan, © Heiko Prümers / DAI.

Detected: Intelligent Designs in the Amazon Jungle

With LIDAR technology, the angle of incidence of a signal can reveal designs hiding in plain sight. Read More ›
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From Darwinists, a Shift in Tone on Nanomachines

The shift in tone from then to now is remarkable. What happened to the awe these systems used to inspire? Read More ›
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The Non-Computable Human

An algorithm is a step-by-step set of instructions to accomplish a task. A recipe for German chocolate cake is an algorithm. Read More ›
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Photo: A chatbot, by UC Davis College of Engineering, via Flickr (cropped).

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›
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Photo: Unamused gorilla, by Matt Mechtley from Heidelberg, Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Doctor’s Diary: There’s Nothing Funny About Evolution

Is a sense of humor a byproduct, an accident, or was it installed on purpose? For better health? There definitely seems to be a purpose. Read More ›
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Photo: Carlo Alberto Cossano, via Intelligent Design Center of Italy .

Italian Center on Intelligent Design Holds Launch Event

The city of Turin was an especially fitting place for the public launch of a group focusing on intelligent design. Read More ›

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