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Author
David Coppedge

Date
May 20, 2024

Categories
Botany
Ecology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adaptation, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biofilm, calendars, caterpillars, Current Biology, Darwin’s Bluff, Darwinian evolution, evolution, foresight, intelligent design, natural selection, physiology, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, sensors, Stonehenge, temperature}

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

_{David Coppedge
May 20, 2024

Botany, Ecology, Intelligent Design

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No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
April 16, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, brain, Current Biology, distance, geometry, gravity, hive, honey bees, information processing, Lars Chittka, navigation, Neural Networks, waggle dance}

New Study Reveals Secrets of Honey Bee Waggle Dance

_{Eric Cassell
April 16, 2024

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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There are several factors that make detecting direction challenging for the observing bees. One is that the dances take place inside a dark hive. Read More ›

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Date
February 17, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, bees, communication, entomologists, Eric Cassell, Europe, exoskeleton, intelligence, pheromones, space exploration, Stanford University, termites, wasps}

Ants “Think” Differently from Humans

_{Science & Culture
February 17, 2024

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are some 20 quadrillion ants living in the world today. All species of ants are social; there are no known solitary ants. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 9, 2024

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Reporting
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, deception, deep learning, democracy, historical figures, hype, images, Neural Networks, post-trust, public opinion, robot, robotics, security, skepticism, trade-offs, trust, video}

Deep Fakes and Propaganda for Artificial General Intelligence

_{William A. Dembski
February 9, 2024

Computational Sciences, Science Reporting

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The video shows a supposed table tennis match between a robot and a top human player. Yet the video is not of an actual match. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 7, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Technology
Tagged
, algorithms, An Idol for Destruction (series), Aristotle, artificial general intelligence, chess, children, computers, Dante Alighieri, education, farming, happiness, humans, humility, iPhones, machines, peace, Silicon Valley, social media}

Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol

_{William A. Dembski
February 7, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education, Technology

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Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 2, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, An Idol for Destruction (series), artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, brain, ChatGPT, Chinese, Chinese Room argument, computers, consciousness, COSM, George Gilder, Gottfried Leibniz, Jay Richards, John Searle, machines, Michael Denton, Moore’s law, organisms, Ray Kurzweil, Stanford University, Thomas Ray, Turing Machine, Venice}

Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

_{William A. Dembski
February 2, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 15, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, birds, common design, convergent evolution, Darwinian evolution, Emily Reeves, Europe, intelligent agents, magnetic compass, mammals, navigation, paleontologists, polarization, Royal Society, sunlight}

In Bats and Other Animals, Evidence of Common Design in a Magnetic Compass

_{Eric Cassell
January 15, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There has been little data previously to confirm that mammals navigate long distances using the earth’s geomagnetic field. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 21, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, clicks, Current Biology, echolocation, evolution, exoplanets, grizzly bear, intelligent design, James Webb Space Telescope, neurons, olfaction, signal, smell, snakes, testosterone, Washington University}

Noise Cancellation: A Remarkable Design Solution in Biology

_{David Coppedge
August 21, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The principle behind this biological methodology can be extended to every case in biology where an organism needs to discriminate signals from self. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 18, 2023

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, algebra, algorithms, ancient Greeks, California, Colin Wright, education, Jerry Coyne, literacy, private truth, Pythagorean Theorem, Richard Dawkins, social justice, whiteness, zero}

What Deep Social Change Underlies the War on Math?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 18, 2023

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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The universal language of science is sinking under the weight of claims about trauma and privilege. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 16, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, C.S. Lewis, chatbot, ChatGPT, consciousness, Edgar Allan Poe, human uniqueness, literature, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen King, stories, Walter Bradley Center, Wheaton College}

Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story

_{Peter Biles
August 16, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning. Read More ›