Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 23, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Are We Spiritual Machines?, baseball, conferences, Erik Larson, First Things, George Gilder, Jay Richards, Ray Kurzweil, Telecosm, The Age of Spiritual Machines, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence}

“Are We Spiritual Machines?”

_{William A. Dembski
April 23, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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The event at which I moderated the discussion about Ray Kurzweil’s book was the 1998 George Gilder Telecosm conference. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Biola University, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, discount, Douglas Axe, evolutionary theory, intelligent design, molecular biology, natural selection, restaurants, Undeniable (book)}

The Dessert Cart Paradox — A “Gaping Hole in Evolutionary Theory”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There’s a problem with evolution by “natural selection” that’s indicated in the very words themselves, as biologist Doug Axe points out. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
April 22, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Cambridge University Press, Charles Darwin, competition, Darwinism, E.O. Wilson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Herbert Spencer, Jeffrey O’Connell, laissez-faire, Michael Ruse, progress, Social Darwinism, The Descent of Man, Theodore Roosevelt}

Cambridge University Press’s New Book on Social Darwinism: Darwin and Herbert Spencer

_{Richard Weikart
April 22, 2021

Bioethics, Evolution

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The authors admit that Darwin was a racist who promoted racial struggle. They are likely to infuriate quite a few people of varying persuasions. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 22, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer science, deep learning, elephant, Erik Larson, human intelligence, Neural Networks, philosophers, programmers, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, understanding, Wikipedia}

The Myth of “Deep Learning”

_{William A. Dembski
April 22, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

2}

This is pathetic, and this is what is supposed to lay waste and supersede human intelligence? Read More ›

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Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chromatin, cohesin, DNA, double helix, enhancers, enzymes, genome, intelligent design, loop extrusion, molecular motors, Nature (journal), nucleus, promoters, repair}

Cells Use Loop Extrusion to Keep DNA Optimized

_{Science and Culture
April 21, 2021

Intelligent Design

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A paper illustrates the action of DNA loop extrusion processes, which serve multiple functions to maintain the genome, with an interesting graphic: gears. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Zoology
Tagged
, angiosperms, Cambrian Explosion, carnivorous plants, Charles Darwin, convergence, creator, Darwinists, Free University, Gestalt, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Köln, logos, Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, Marcos Eberlin, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Mexico, Michael Behe, mousetrap, Neo-Darwinism, paleontology, Second Law of Thermodynamics, United States, University of Bonn, Utricularia, Wistar Symposium, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig}

Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig: An Intelligent Design Pioneer

_{Granville Sewell
April 21, 2021

Genetics, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Zoology

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Darwinism sounds superficially plausible until one looks at real plants and animals with their irreducibly complex details. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 21, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer programming, ELIZA program, Erik Larson, Eugene Goostman, humans, Joseph Weizenbaum, psychologists, relationships, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, University of Illinois}

Artificial Intelligence Understands by Not Understanding

_{William A. Dembski
April 21, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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The ELIZA program, acting as a Rogerian therapist, simply mirrors back to the human what the human says. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", Brian Keating, creator, history, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, multiverse, quantum cosmology, Return of the God Hypothesis, solar system, Stephen Hawking, universe, University of Cambridge, USA Today}

Meyer: Quantum Cosmology, the Multiverse, and Stephen Hawking

_{Science and Culture
April 20, 2021

Faith & Science, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences

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Newton, Kepler, and other founders of modern science were inspired to search out and find the rational order hidden in nature because they were theists. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 20, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosphere, cosmic fine-tuning, faith, information, intelligent design, life, personal God, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, Stephen Meyer, universe}

Meyer: Why the Return of the God Hypothesis?

_{David Klinghoffer
April 20, 2021

Intelligent Design

2}

What is the “God hypothesis”? What happened to it, and when, so that it needed to stage a dramatic return? Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 20, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, automation, Big Tech, computer science, deep learning, Erik Larson, Eugene Goostman, eye contact, Google, gorillas, machine learning, self-driving cars, Tay, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, traffic}

Automated Driving and Other Failures of AI

_{William A. Dembski
April 20, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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It would be interesting to see what fully automated driving would look like in a place like Moldova. Read More ›