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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 26, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, agency, brain, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, free will, materialism, mind, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, patients, science, truth, Wilder Penfield}

Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield on Free Will

_{Michael Egnor
July 26, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Materialists claim that neuroscience has demonstrated that free will is an illusion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 17, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computation, consciousness, meaning, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, neurosurgery, spirituality, thought}

Egnor: Why Machines Will Never Think

_{David Klinghoffer
July 17, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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This doesn’t mean that people will not abuse the power of AI to hurt each other, and hurt themselves. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 16, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Alfred Russel Wallace, architecture, Charles Darwin, consciousness, Darwinian theory, evolution, exaptation, human beings, ID the Future, intelligence, Kenneth Miller, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, natural selection, podcast, Richard Lewontin, Stephen Jay Gould, textbook, The Human Instinct, Wesley Smith}

Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma

_{David Klinghoffer
July 16, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Scientific Reasoning

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Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.” Read More ›

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Date
June 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, humans, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, robots, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

_{Science & Culture
June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›

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Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, smart machines, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage, work}

Jay Richards: Kissinger on the New World of Artificial Intelligence

_{Science & Culture
June 6, 2018

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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AI is about statistical processing, not budding consciousness. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 26, 2018

Categories
Arts
Biology
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, __k-review, consciousness, Darwinian theory, David Gelernter, education, evolutionists, free speech, Great Minds with Michael Medved, history, human beings, humanities, literature, Michael Medved, origins, podcast, scientism, students, universities, Western civilization, Yale University}

David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 26, 2018

Arts, Biology, Evolution, Science Education

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Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __nedited, African Americans, algorithms, artificial intelligence, behavior, Civil War, consciousness, empathy, endowed by their creator, feelings, human beings, human rights, programming, Psychology Today, Racism, rights, robots, slavery, stories, Thomas Jefferson}

Rights Are Not about “Feelings”

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 15, 2018

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 8, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, computers, consciousness, ID the Future, intelligent design, Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics, Robert Crowther, Robert J. Marks II, SpaceX, Tesla, understanding, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Elon Musk — Intelligent Design Proponent?

_{David Klinghoffer
January 8, 2018

Intelligent Design

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Admittedly, that may come as a surprise to Elon Musk, but I think Robert Marks defends the argument with a certain persuasive mischievousness. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 20, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, __k-review, anti-science, Cinderella, consciousness, GUT, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, J. Scott Turner, James Tour, Jerry Fodor, John Searle, Karl Popper, modernity, NASA, naturalism, Plato, post-modernism, Sabine Hossenfelder, trolls, UFOs, Wikipedia}

Can the Rot of Naturalism Be Stopped? Relating Information to Matter and Energy Might Help

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 20, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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A New Yorker obit for naturalist atheist philosopher Jerry Fodor noted Fodor’s dismissal of the “natural selection” cult but, surprisingly, did not offer polite contempt. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Buff, consciousness, Dan Brown, Darwinian theory, death, emergence, Halloween, intelligent design, materialism, mortality, MRI, National Review Online, neurons, physicalism, soul, supernatural, thriller}

Bruce Buff and Robert Spitzer on All Hallows’ Eve — Materialism as Reality-Denial

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2017

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life

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“Is the soul real? Or is it just an old construct used to explain what a scientifically illiterate society could not?” Read More ›