Tag: computer simulation

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 2, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, children, College Physics, common science, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, evolution, fundamental forces, humans, intelligent design, James Tour, materialistic science, Mathematical Intelligencer, mathematicians, Michael Kent, natural phenomena, Peter Urone, physics, Plato's Revenge, quantum mechanics, Rice University, Richard Sternberg, scientific evidence, smart phones, spaceships, supernatural, unintelligent}

Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning

_{Granville Sewell
June 2, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
May 17, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Paleontology
Tagged
, Archaeopteryx, Australopithecus, biologic institute, computer simulation, coordinated mutations, Daniel Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, evolution, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, Fossil Friday (series), generations, gradualism, Indohyus, John Sanford, limits of evolution, macroevolution, Michael Behe, Michael Shermer, Neo-Darwinism, neutral evolution, objections, Ola Hössjer, paleontology, population genetics, radiometric dating, recombination, Richard Dawkins, saltationism, species pair challenge, species pairs, The Edge of Evolution, tiktaalik, waiting-time problem}

Fossil Friday: Three Modern Scientific Challenges to the Causal Adequacy of Darwinian Explanations

_{Günter Bechly
May 17, 2024

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Paleontology

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As a consequence of the collapsing tree problem, I suggest abandoning evolutionary classifications and return to a pre-Darwinian Linnaean classification. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 17, 2021

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, computer simulation, computers, David Klinghoffer, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, Eugene Wigner, intelligent design, Michael Egnor, Mr. Spock, National Review, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Nick Bostrom, particle physics, phylogeny, Standard Model, Star Trek}

“Simulation Hypothesis” and Star Trek — Intelligent Design by Another Name

_{Casey Luskin
February 17, 2021

Physical Sciences

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The universe may be intelligently designed and yet not be a simulation. The theory of intelligent design does not rise or fall with the simulation hypothesis. Read More ›

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Date
November 6, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, chemists, computer simulation, design principles, Douglas Axe, evolution, golf, golf ball, Hamlet, Harvard University, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Michael Behe, National Academy of Sciences, natural selection, optimization, PNAS, polypeptides, protein evolution, proteins, Richard Dawkins, syllogism, Undeniable (book), Weasel program}

Are Proteins Attracted to Function?

_{Science and Culture
November 6, 2020

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Doug Axe showed that functional space is a tiny fraction of sequence space in proteins. Evolutionists think they found a shortcut. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, base reality, Bayesian reasoning, Brian Josephson, Cambridge University, Cavendish Laboratory, Columbia University, computer simulation, David Kipping, Douglas Axe, evolution, forecast, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Egnor, Nobel Prize, rain, Scientific American, Twitter, umbrella}

ID by Another Name? Astronomer Says 50 Percent Chance We’re Living in Computer Simulation

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2020

Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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Of course, an 80 percent chance that we live in an intelligently design world compares favorably with only a 50 percent chance. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, Aristotle, base reality, computation, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intelligent design, meaning, Michael Egnor, Microsoft Word, MIT, neuroscience, Scott Adams, simulation theory, virtual reality}

MIT’s Rizwan Virk on Simulation Theory, AKA Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Egnor: “If we are living in a computer simulation, we couldn’t think to ask the question.” Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
February 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, avida, computer simulation, Darwinists, education, evolution, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, intelligent design, Robert J. Marks II, software, students, teacher, The American Biology Teacher, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Education or Obfuscation? Avida in Science Class

_{Sarah Chaffee
February 16, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You might think teaching about evolution in public schools is already about as misleading as it can be. Then, you find, it gets worse. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
December 28, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, computation, computer science, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intentionality, Microsoft, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Scientific American, thought}

#5 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.

_{Michael Egnor
December 28, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind

5}

Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 20, 2017

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Guth, anti-science, BBC, computer program, computer simulation, Elon Musk, information, intelligent design, MIT, Ray Kurzweil, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, The Matrix, universe}

“Great” Minds Think Universe Is a Computer Program

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 20, 2017

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Matrix, the first episode, was a fun movie. But as a description for reality? Please. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 10, 2017

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, computation, computer science, computer simulation, Franz Brentano, intentionality, Microsoft Word, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Scientific American, thought}

Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.

_{Michael Egnor
July 10, 2017

Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously. Read More ›