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Date
October 15, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, calculus, common ancestor, fish, frogs, geometry, humans, neurons, neuroscience, numbers, zebrafish}

How Frogs and Fish “Count”

_{Science & Culture
October 15, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Tagged
, American South, ants, Charles Darwin, Civil War, Connecticut, Ernst Haeckel, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, On the Origin of Species, race, Racism, scientific racism, slavery, Victorian England}

Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 28, 2022

Bioethics, Culture

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We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Eric Anderson, Eric Cassell, evolution, evolutionary processes, foraging, foresight, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, podcast, sensors, signs}

Irreducible Complexity in Ant Behavior Triggers a Recognition of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Recent research draws an unapologetic parallel between human engineering and biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agriculture, algorithms, antennae, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, heuristic, humans, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, risk}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, brains, counting, fish, honeybees, humans, infants, interpretation, neurons, neuroscience, Venus flytrap}

Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
April 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, animal behavior, ants, body temperature, engineers, evolution, feedback control, food, foraging, homeostasis, intelligent design, Internet, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, seeds}

To Regulate Foraging, Harvester Ants Use a (Designed) Feedback Control Algorithm

_{Eric Cassell
April 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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These elements of harvester ant behavior present a severe challenge for the evolutionary paradigm. Read More ›

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Date
March 4, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abstract thought, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, computer programmers, engineers, Eric Cassell, foraging, intelligent design, Internet, life forms, navigation, robustness}

Ants Use Algorithms Similar to Those of the Internet

_{Science & Culture
March 4, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

3}

Optimization algorithms enable the ant colony to decide how many ants to send to a given food source and when to drastically reduce the number. Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, calculus, Darwinian theory, Eric Cassell, hardware, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Nature (journal), navigation, neurons, olfaction, phyla, PNAS, sea turtles, software, University of Toronto}

Navigation Ability Crosses Phylum Lines — And That’s a Problem for Evolution

_{Science & Culture
January 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Yes, that is kind of adorable. It took only a few days for the fish to learn to drive. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Canada, Eric Cassell, ethology, evolution, flies, Flight: The Genius of Birds, instinct, intelligent design, magnetic field, Mexico, Monarch butterflies, mosquitos, National Zoo, Nature (journal), navigation, olfaction, rats, Rockefeller University, sea turtles, Stephen Talbott}

Uncannily Organic: Navigation Is More than Genes

_{Science & Culture
January 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The capabilities of animals to know their positions and make corrections seem beyond the abilities of coded instructions or brain size. Read More ›