Tag: anthropomorphism

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post

Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2024

Categories
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, anthropomorphism, Carl Zimmer, cheating, consciousness, cooperation, Quanta, virologists, viruses, Washington University}

Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2024

Life Sciences, Medicine

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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
November 6, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, animals, anthropomorphism, bacteria, behavior, Chapman University, Curiosity rover, Darwinians, Duke University, flowers, herbivores, intelligence, intelligent design, leaves, memory, Nature (journal), nitrogen, programming, self-awareness, synthetic organic chemistry, tentacles, The New Yorker, trees, Wesley Smith}

The Superior Programming that Makes Plants Look Smart

_{David Coppedge
November 6, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Two signaling molecules — strigolactone and ethylene — can work independently to begin the process of leaf senescence. Read More ›

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post

Date
January 29, 2019

Categories
Anatomy
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", aesthetics, Ann Gauger, anthropomorphism, beauty, biologists, Charles Darwin, Cinderella, Douglas Axe, evolutionary theory, Ferris Jabr, fitness, flowers, genes, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, love, materialism, Michael Behe, natural selection, ornithology, physiology, Richard Prum, sexual selection, Undeniable (book), Zombie Science (book)}

Mission Impossible: Darwinizing Beauty

_{Science and Culture
January 29, 2019

Anatomy, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The ease of ascribing beauty to intelligent design contrasts with the impossibility of explaining its origin by material causes. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, anthropomorphism, chimpanzees, dolphins, industry, Jane Goodall, Neanderthals, opposable thumbs, science}

No, Dolphins Could Not Create Our Technology

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 19, 2017

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences, Technology

3}

These days, it is sometimes difficult to discern where “science” ends and ideology begins. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 18, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __nedited, "survival of the fittest", anthropomorphism, cheetahs, events, gazelles, natural selection, New Trends in Evolutionary Biology, predators, prey, purpose, Royal Society}

Biologist’s New Argument Against Intelligent Design: Under ID, Gazelle Should Run Toward Cheetah

_{David Klinghoffer
November 18, 2016

Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

We've now had two reports of this. I double-checked to make sure there was no misunderstanding on my part. Read More ›

An electric trolley along Canal Street in new Orleans Louisiana , march of 2018

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
October 13, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, ai ethics, androids, anthropomorphism, binary, crowdsourcing, free will, moral dilemmas, self-driving cars, Trolley Problem, utilitarianism}

Artificial Intelligence Has a Morality Problem

_{Brendan Dixon
October 13, 2016

Computational Sciences, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

6}

The Moral Machine is an interactive version of the Trolley Problem. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 15, 2016

Categories
Anatomy
Neuroscience & Mind
Zoology
Tagged
, __nedited, abstract reasoning, analogy, anatomy, Animal Minds (series), anthropomorphism, concepts, Continuing Series, convergence, equality, evolutionary ethics, learning, metabolism, mind, natural selection, philosophy of mind, presuppositions, self-awareness, social learning, social status, Thomas Nagel, Tree of Life}

Animal Minds: In Search of the Minimal Self

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 15, 2016

Anatomy, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology

9}

Can evolution explain how minds work? Probably not. Read More ›