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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
David Berlinski
Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer in 2021
David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Daniel Witt
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Jonathan Witt

Topic

consciousness

Henry-Markham-1
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
July 25, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Back-to-Back, Failed Visions of the “Brain as a Supercomputer” 

David Klinghoffer
July 25, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind
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Douglas Hofstadter argued in much the same vein as Henry Markham, that the brain can be understand in rules-bound machine terms. Read More ›
Penn and Teller
magic
Photo: Penn and Teller, by Scott A. Hurst [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
April 30, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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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 ›
Earth
alive
Photo credit: NASA/Joshua Stevens.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
April 22, 2019
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Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
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The Earth: It’s Alive! It’s Alive!

Wesley J. Smith
April 22, 2019
Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism
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Even James Lovelock, who created Gaia Theory, now worries that environmentalism has become a religion. Read More ›
Panpsychist
Egnor
Image credit: Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
March 20, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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Egnor Considers the Confession of a Panpsychist

David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy
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Durham University philosopher Philip Goff poses the question, “Could Electrons Be Conscious?” Read More ›
Matt Chait 2
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
January 15, 2019
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Scientific Freedom
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Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage

David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2019
Scientific Freedom
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Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire. Read More ›
hospital beds
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Author
Wesley J. Smith
Date
December 6, 2018
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Bioethics
Medicine
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Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

Wesley J. Smith
December 6, 2018
Bioethics, Medicine
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When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! Read More ›
Heisenberg
brain
Photo: A bust of Werner Heisenberg, Max Planck Society, Germany, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 30, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physics
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Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?

David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physics
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One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole. Read More ›
illusion 2
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Author
David Klinghoffer
Date
October 18, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
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A Strange Way of Speaking About the Brain

David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind
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A peculiar habit of disassociation is widespread among many who study the brain. Read More ›
Acheulean hand-axes
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Author
Ann Gauger
Date
September 18, 2018
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Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Psychology
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Beyond Adaptation: The Human Brain Is Something New

Ann Gauger
September 18, 2018
Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Psychology
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Our brains have vastly more ability than is needed for survival, most notably the capacity for language and abstract thought. Read More ›
robot
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Date
September 1, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
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Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger

Science & Culture
September 1, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology
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“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.” Read More ›

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