Tag: Arthur C. Clarke

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
January 22, 2025

Categories
Archaeology
Astronomy
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Planetology
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Adam, aliens, Apollo 11, Arthur C. Clarke, artifacts, brains, curiosity, Curiosity rover, dirt, Elon Musk, intelligent design, Intelligent Design in Action, Mars, Mars rovers, Saturn, SETI, solar system, Titan, wheels}

Intelligent Design in Action: Mars Archaeology

_{David Coppedge
January 22, 2025

Archaeology, Astronomy, Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Planetology

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A new scientific research field began when intelligently designed artifacts started appearing on a lifeless planet. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
May 6, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Chinese, Claude Shannon, Contact (novel), demiurge, Dubai, English, etymology, Hamlet, Hebrew, information, inkblot, intelligence, intelligent cause, intelligent design, Kolmogorov information, Kraft inequality, Ludwig Wittgenstein, marbles, Moses, Plato, probabilistic resources, probability, rock, SETI, Shannon information, specification, specified complexity, Stone Age, The Design Inference, Timaeus, William Shakespeare}

Why Specified Complexity Is Key to Detecting Design

_{William A. Dembski
May 6, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Technology

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In plain English here is what specified complexity is and why it is able to detect design. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, An Idol for Destruction (series), Arthur C. Clarke, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, Back to the Future, Blaise Pascal, Book of Job, Cambridge University, Darwinian evolution, Dune, Erika DeBenedictis, Ezekiel, Frank Herbert, Garden of Eden, gravity, H.G. Wells, Isaac Barrow, Isaac Newton, Isaiah, large language models, Lucifer, Old Testament, Reformation, Satan, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Time Machine, wormholes, Yuval Harari}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Creation Exceeding the Creator

_{William A. Dembski
January 28, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Is artificial intelligence at a tipping point, with AGI ready to appear in real time? Or is AGI more like many other themes of science fiction? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
June 14, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, 1 Corinthians, Arthur C. Clarke, Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), design detection, earth, Fred Hoyle, intelligent design, intelligent life, John Leslie, life, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, religion, Richard Dawkins, Science, solar system, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theology, William A. Dembski}

Carl Sagan: “An Intelligence That Antedates the Universe”

_{Paul Nelson
June 14, 2022

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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It’s the evidence from Sagan’s fiction and other popular writing that is especially provocative. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 20, 2021

Categories
Origin of Life
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, aliens, Aristotle, Arthur C. Clarke, atheism, extraterrestrials, Lawrence Krauss, magic, New York Post, nuclear fusion, panspermia, Paul Nelson, Quillette, spacecraft, Stephen Meyer, UFOs, Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart}

Meyer, Krauss, Nelson: UAPs, UFOs, and Panspermia

_{David Klinghoffer
July 20, 2021

Origin of Life, Physical Sciences, Physics

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The fact that we can't identify the UAPs, in light of our own "limited scientific imagination," should not be permitted to manipulate us into a false dilemma. Read More ›

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Author
James A. Herrick

Date
August 23, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Technology
Tagged
, Arthur C. Clarke, Back to Methuselah, C.H. Waddington, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, eugenics, evolution, Francis Galton, George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, J.B.S. Haldane, Olaf Stapledon, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, Possible Worlds, science fiction, scientism, Tao, That Hideous Strength, The Abolition of Man, The World}

C. S. Lewis, Science, and Science Fiction

_{James A. Herrick
August 23, 2020

Bioethics, Technology

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Was C. S. Lewis an enemy of science? The apparent answer to this question is no. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Denton

Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ambient temperatures, anaerobic bacteria, Arthur C. Clarke, atmosphere, Carboniferous Period, combustion, earth, enzymes, extremophiles, fire, Fire-Maker series, fitness, hemoglobin, oxygen, rivers, spontaneous combustion, swamps, water}

Why Do We Not Spontaneously Combust?

_{Michael Denton
July 27, 2020

Intelligent Design

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James Lovelock has pointed out that atmospheric levels of oxygen much above about 25 percent, let alone 30 percent, would cause raging conflagrations today. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, advanced technology, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Ed Feser, foresight, genius, intelligence, machines, magic, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience}

Artificial Intelligence as a “Magic Act”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The error is not completely different from imagining that natural selection really can do what creative intelligence — foresight! — can do. Read More ›

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Date
October 9, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Arthur C. Clarke, awe, bats, Captain Dave Anderson, convergent evolution, Darwinian theory, dolphins, echolocation, genes, Germany, golf ball, Illustra Media, Living Waters, mammals, Michael Ruse, molecular evolution, mutations, natural selection, neutral evolution, ping-pong ball, purifying selection, Science Advances, Thomas Kuhn, toothed whales, whales, wonder}

Awe at Echolocation? Nah, Convergence Again

_{Science and Culture
October 9, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The passionate focus on evolutionary relationships in biology papers tends to obscure awe at the wonders in life. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, book, debate, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Keas, monolith, Moon, movie, newspaper, podcast, rock, Saturn, snowflakes, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, Toronto}

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›