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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alan Turing, algorithms, Baylor University, computation, computer science, computers, consciousness, creativity, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, emotion, faith, future, humans, immortality, intelligent design, machines, mathematician, Non-Computable You, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks II, sentience, Singularity, speed, spirituality, Turing Machine, understanding, William A. Dembski}

Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2022

Faith & Science, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Baylor University, Bryan Leonard, Cassini mission, David Coppedge, Eugenie Scott, free speech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA, National Center for Science Education (NCSE), National Museum of Natural History, Ohio State University, public education, Richard Sternberg, Roger DeHart, Saturn, Smithsonian Institution, Stephen Meyer, Washington Post, Washington State}

Do Non-Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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College professors are not the only targets in academia who face discrimination because of their skepticism of Darwinism. Students can be even more vulnerable. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, Ball State University, Baylor University, Caroline Crocker, Darwin Day, Dean Kenyon, Eric Hedin, evolution, free speech, freedom from religion foundation, George Mason University, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Martin Gaskell, Nancy Bryson, Nature (journal), San Francisco State University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Wall Street Journal, William A. Dembski}

Do Scientists Have Freedom to Question Darwinism?

_{John G. West
March 11, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Science Education, Scientific Freedom

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The list of scientists, teachers, students, and others who have faced discrimination for their public skepticism of Darwinism is long and growing. Read More ›

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Date
January 10, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Baylor University, computer science, computers, Conservation of Information, Discovery Institute, DiscoveryU, Douglas Axe, evolution, evolutionary informatics, information, information theory, intelligent design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Kolmogorov information, Michael Behe, pancakes, probability, Robert J. Marks II, Shannon information, Stephen Meyer, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Study Evolution’s Information Problem with Engineer Robert Marks — and Save Over 50 Percent!

_{Science & Culture
January 10, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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How does information theory challenge Darwinian evolution? And how can the methods of probability be used to assess key evolutionary claims? Read More ›

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Date
November 18, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Baylor University, colony insects, computer engineering, computers, constraints, convergence, Darwinian processes, David Wolpert, Eric Cassell, evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, No Free Lunch theorems, podcast, Robert J. Marks II}

How Convergent Animal Algorithms Challenge Darwinism

_{Science & Culture
November 18, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Eric Cassell discuss the No Free Lunch theorems of William Macready and David Wolpert, and the problem of blind searches for everything from Rubik’s cube solutions to the formula for WD-40. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, Baylor University, computer engineering, Eric Cassell, ID the Future, intelligent design, monarch butterfly, Neural Networks, podcast, Robert J. Marks II}

New Book Spotlights High Tech Animal Navigation

_{Jonathan Witt
November 3, 2021

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Meet the animal kingdom’s most stunning navigators — the Arctic tern, homing pigeons, the monarch butterfly, and the desert ant, among others. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 1, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, animal behavior, Baylor University, bees, biologists, birds, brains, Discovery Institute Press, engineers, Eric Cassell, evolution, intelligent design, Melissa Cain Travis, NASA, Robert J. Marks II, Science and the Mind of the Maker, systems engineering}

New Book, Animal Algorithms, Spells Fresh Trouble for Darwinism

_{Jonathan Witt
November 1, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The book is all about the buzzing, migrating, web-spinning, and colony-building world of ingenious animals. Read More ›

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Date
February 4, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, evolutionary computing, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neurosurgery, No Free Lunch, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Walter Bradley Center}

No Free Lunch for Darwin — The AI Case Against Blind Evolution

_{Science & Culture
February 4, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Why won’t some scientists admit the information and intelligent design inherent in evolutionary computing? Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
December 17, 2020

Categories
Faith & Science
Technology
Tagged
, Africa, Baylor University, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, faith, intelligent design, James Tour, NASA, Rice University, Robert J. Marks II, Texas A&M University, universities, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Walter Bradley’s Wonderful Life — Scientist, Humanitarian, ID Proponent

_{John G. West
December 17, 2020

Faith & Science, Technology

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Walter Bradley may not be a household name, but in a fair world he would be. He has changed many lives, and the world is a much better place because of him. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Gordon

Date
February 24, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy of Science
Physics
Science Education
Tagged
, __edited, Baylor University, Brian Miller, Cambridge University, Center for Science and Culture, Chicago, Discovery Institute, Guillermo Gonzalez, Houston Baptist University, intelligent design, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Paul Nelson, Richard Sternberg, Robert J. Marks II, Scott Minnich, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, The Nature of Nature, University of Notre Dame, William A. Dembski}

In the Beginning: How the Summer Seminars on Intelligent Design Got Their Start

_{Bruce Gordon
February 24, 2020

Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Science, Physics, Science Education

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The very first Seminar, held in July 2007, had twelve enthusiastic students and gave us a solid start. Read More ›