Science and Culture Today | Discovering Design in Nature

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Date
July 19, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
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, Copernican demotion, Copernican system, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, history, humanity, Jay Richards, Johannes Kepler, Michael Keas, National Geographic, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nicolaus Copernicus, scientific revolution}

Copernican Revolution Promoted Man’s Place in the Cosmos

_{Science and Culture
July 19, 2020

Physical Sciences

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In Copernicus’ day, the Earth was thought to be at the bottom of the universe, the “sump” where all the filth collected. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial general intelligence, computer science, computer simulations, deep learning, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, John Koza, Neural Networks, neuroevolution, software, software engineering}

Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 18, 2020

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 17, 2020

Categories
Environment & Climate
Evolution
Tagged
, Achilles heel, Alan Turing, algorithms, computer science, Darwinian algorithm, early Earth, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary computation, fitness functions, Neural Networks, predictions, programmers, software}

Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 17, 2020

Environment & Climate, Evolution

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It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm. Read More ›

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Author
John Lennox

Date
July 17, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, Charles Darwin, Christianity, consciousness, human mind, John Polkinghorne, Mind and Cosmos, naturalism, rationality, Thomas Nagel, universe}

Why Science and Atheism Don’t Mix

_{John Lennox
July 17, 2020

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning

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Physicist John Polkinghorne says that the reduction of mental events to physics and chemistry destroys meaning. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
July 17, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, Centre for Intelligent Design UK, coronavirus, COVID-19, evolution, history, intelligent design, pandemic, viruses}

COVID-19 and Biochemical Design

_{Michael Behe
July 17, 2020

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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On a webinar today, I will discuss viruses in historical time, their basic biochemical design, where they came from, and what they might evolve into. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Biochemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, atheism, Bari Weiss, bullying, Center for Science and Culture, COVID-19, Darwinism, designers, Discovery Institute Press, editors, heroes, ideology, integrity, Jerry Coyne, Kenneth Miller, media, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, pandemic, Richard Dawkins, Richard Lenski, scientists, Sean Carroll, The Hill, The Miracle of the Cell, Twitter, writers}

Politicized Science Can Be Deadly; Time to Restore Integrity

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2020

Biochemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Imagine there was a pandemic and people found themselves greeting statements from scientists, conveyed by the media, with increasing jaded skepticism. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Sternberg

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, arthropods, centromere, centrosome, chromatids, chromosomes, DNA, Drosophila melanogaster, egg cells, euchromatin, fertilization, functionality, heterochromatin, information, kinetochore, meiosis, morphogenesis, oocyte, Robert Rosen, Turing Machine, vertebrates}

Chromosome Dynamics Has Egg-centric Features

_{Richard Sternberg
July 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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In the words of Robert Rosen we have to “drastically reconsider what is meant by “genetic information.’” Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, beauty, Centre for Intelligent Design UK, coherence, coronavirus, COVID-19, Hugo van Woerden, intelligent design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, molecular biology, pandemic, semiotics, United Kingdom, virology, viruses}

Design in Virology? Webinars to Examine COVID-19

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The United Kingdom's Centre for Intelligent Design will host a series of YouTube livestreams, beginning this Friday, July 17. Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, computers, evolutionary algorithms, evolutionary computation, generations, genetic programming, John Koza, Kolmogorov complexity, programmers, software, Turing Machine, Turing test}

The State of the Art in Evolutionary Computation

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 16, 2020

Evolution

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As with early AI, the claims are inflated, unsupported, and the solutions do not scale to real world problems. Perhaps an EA “winter” is long overdue. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
July 16, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bayes’ Theorem, Bayesian reasoning, belief, biological design, designer, evidence, Evolution News, human agents, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Life Sciences, Lydia McGrew, objections to intelligent design, Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve, suboptimality}

The Advantages of a Bayesian Approach to ID

_{Jonathan McLatchie
July 16, 2020

Intelligent Design

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Lydia McGrew gives the analogy that there is always a possibility that prehistoric civilizations did not have the ability or desire to make arrowheads. Read More ›