Chinese Han characters Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 9, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chinese, Chinese Room, computers, COSM 2023, human beings, human intelligence, John Searle, Ray Kurzweil, understanding Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI Casey Luskin November 9, 2023 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 3 A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›
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Spider-Man Type post Author Casey Luskin Date January 4, 2022 CategoriesBioethicsPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , atoms, Benedict Cumberbatch, Boltzmann brains, Brian Miller, Bruce Gordon, complex and specified information, cosmic fine-tuning, George Ellis, Joe Silk, Leonard Susskind, materialists, movies, multiverse, Nature (journal), New Scientist, Newspeak, Ockham’s razor, Paul Davies, proton, Return of the God Hypothesis, Sabine Hossenfelder, specified complexity, Spider-Man, Stephen Meyer, universe, William A. Dembski Spider-Man, the Multiverse, and Intelligent Design Casey Luskin January 4, 2022 Bioethics, Physical Sciences, Physics 18 In the new Spider-Man movie, the multiverse not only makes an appearance but plays a crucial role in the plot. Read More ›