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Crotophaga ani or Smooth-billed ani The bird is perched on the branch nice natural environment of wildlife..

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 25, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Science Reporting
Scientific Trustworthiness
Tagged
, __nedited, evolutionary narrative, fake news, Nate Silver, Normal Science, Politics, science, Undeniable (book)}

Theory of Evolution? Call It a “Narrative” Instead

_{David Klinghoffer
January 25, 2017

Evolution, Science Education, Science Reporting, Scientific Trustworthiness

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The whole business about "fake news" misses a point that's relevant to considering questions of biological origins. Read More ›

Lips of the dummy. Dummy in purple. Nose and lips.

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
January 23, 2017

Categories
Arts
Ethics
Technology
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, __nedited, amorality, androids, evolutionary ethics, film, film review, human dignity, intimacy, meaning, prostitution, purpose, sex, sexbots, sexual ethics, sexual machines}

Machine Intimacy Would Take the Evolutionary Mindset to Its Logical Outcome

_{Brendan Dixon
January 23, 2017

Arts, Ethics, Technology

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There are some inflection points, cultural and life bends, that, when you encounter them, should make you pause and reassess the landscape. Read More ›

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Date
January 23, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
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, __nedited, "survival of the fittest", axon, chloride, Dogs, film, fish, happiness, ichthyology, Illustra Media, Living Waters, mammals, memory, migration, Olfactory Sensory Neurons, osmoregulation, purpose, Research, salmon, smell, temperatures, thermoregulation}

“Happy Salmon” and Other Wonders of the Fish World’s Migrating Marvel

_{Science and Culture
January 23, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

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Salmon may not be happy when we eat them, but we're happy learning about them. Read More ›

footprint-icon-symbolizing-alien-or-humanoid-prints-stockpac-1398288152-stockpack-adobestock

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Date
January 22, 2017

Categories
Evolution
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, __nedited, ad hoc hypotheses, alien intelligence, Brian Miller, Divine Foot, Richard Lewontin}

Listen: Brian Miller on Letting Alien Feet in the Door to Keep a Divine Foot Out

_{Science and Culture
January 22, 2017

Evolution

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Harvard geneticist Richard Lewontin famously insisted that science must never let a "divine foot in the door." Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 21, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __nedited, fossil record, Niles Eldredge, persuasion, Science Literacy, transitional forms, trilobites}

Irony Alert: Michael Shermer on “When Facts Fail”

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 21, 2017

Evolution, Science Education

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An evolutionist warns readers that people don't change their minds even when presented with the facts. Read More ›

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Date
January 20, 2017

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
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, __nedited, Biomimetics, Craig Venter, data science, data storage, DNA, encoding, information, microchips, silicon}

The World’s Ideal Storage Medium Is “Beyond Silicon”

_{Science and Culture
January 20, 2017

Computational Sciences, Technology

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The best storage medium needs no introduction. You're already using it. Read More ›

Young man's hand switched off light; energy saving.

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Scientific Freedom
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, “consensus science”, Barry Arrington, BioLogos, Cornelius Hunter, Dennis Venema, mainstream science, S. Joshua Swamidass, science stopper, universal common descent}

Shutting Down the Evolution Debate, the “Mainstream Science” Way

_{David Klinghoffer
January 19, 2017

Evolution, Scientific Freedom, Scientific Reasoning

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At a discussion with theistic evolutionists, Washington University's Joshua Swamidass seeks to call a halt to the proceedings. Read More ›

The Ongoing Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript: An Ancient Language and Peculiar Botanical Illustrations Awaiting Understanding

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Date
January 19, 2017

Categories
Archaeology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Tagged
, __nedited, alphabet, archaeology, book reviews, calligraphy, cryptology, design filter, Design Inference, design intuition, designer, heuristic, hieroglyphics, history, Paul Davies, Rosetta Stone, software analogy, translation, Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Voynich Manuscript}

Book Stumps Decoders: Design Filter, Please?

_{Science and Culture
January 19, 2017

Archaeology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics

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A mysterious manuscript has baffled historians for centuries. Nobody, though, thinks it wasn't designed for a purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
January 18, 2017

Categories
Cosmology
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __nedited, explanations, fine-tuning, general relativity, logical possibility, many-worlds hypothesis, multiverse, multiverse theory, Nautilus, Principle of Plenitude, Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR), problem of evil, theoretical physics}

How Physicists Learned to Love the Multiverse

_{Cornelius Hunter
January 18, 2017

Cosmology, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Scientific Reasoning

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The Principle of Plenitude, an idea with a long history, holds that everything that can exist will exist. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
January 17, 2017

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, artificial intelligence, automation, child-rearing, deep learning, education, information, media is the message, Neil Postman, Neural Networks, neutrality, privacy}

Turn Over Child-Raising to a Computer?

_{Brendan Dixon
January 17, 2017

Computational Sciences, Technology

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Mattel's new "smart baby monitor," their digital nanny dubbed Aristotle, leaves me flummoxed. Read More ›