Tag: copper

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 18, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, activists, automobiles, Aztecs, beauty, business, copper, Ecuador, emancipation, environmental regulations, fish, flourishing, government, hares, health, human sacrifice, ideologues, indigenous people, Jan van de Venis, judges, language, lawyers, life, lithium, litigation, Māori, modern life, nature, nature rights, New Zealand, Panama, permit requirements, The Water Diplomat, Whanganui River, zoning}

Using Mild Language to Push Radical Nature Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 18, 2026

Bioethics, Ethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Nature rights activists seem nice. They are not verbal bomb throwers. Rather, they deploy passive language. Read More ›

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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
January 16, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Engineering
Tagged
, ADALINE, Adolf Hitler, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bell Labs, Bernard Widrow, Boeing, Claude Shannon, copper, copper plating, Earl Sannard Herald, electrical engineering, electroplating, English, Frank Rosenblatt, French, IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Medal, Japanese, Least Mean Squares, MADALINE, Marcian Hoff, National Academy of Engineering, Neural Networks, neurons, pennies, Science in Action, Seattle, silver nitrate, speech recognition, Stanford University}

Remembering Bernie Widrow, a Great Engineer and a Wise Scientist

_{Robert J. Marks II
January 16, 2026

Computational Sciences, Engineering

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Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
September 23, 2024

Categories
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, copper, corals, creator, earth, ecosystems, intelligent agents, intelligent design, iron, life, nickel, oceans, optimization, phytoplankton, zinc}

Oceanic Design: The Fine-Tuned Balance of Trace Elements for Marine Life

_{Günter Bechly
September 23, 2024

Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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This long-term cycling is again indicative of a system that was well designed for sustainability. Read More ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Geology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Rare Earth
Technology
Tagged
, advanced life, atmosphere, biosphere, coal, copper, Donald Brownlee, earth, earthquakes, fossils, gold, iron, Jay Richards, magnetic field, Peter Ward, plate tectonics, salt, The Privileged Planet}

Plate Tectonics and Scientific Discovery

_{Guillermo Gonzalez
September 3, 2024

Geology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Rare Earth, Technology

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Plate tectonics is important for advanced life in multiple ways and planets with plate tectonics are very rare. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 18, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Ball State University, copper, Darwinian processes, Eric Hedin, foresight, gold, human nature, ID the Future, iron, metals, microbes, planning, podcast, preparation}

The Story of Metals Points to Nature’s Foresight, Planning, Preparation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 18, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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A confluence of conditions conspired to bring metals to Earth and make them accessible to humans. But can a Darwinian process take the credit? Read More ›

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Author
Stephen J. Iacoboni

Date
July 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biosphere, copper, insulin, intentionality, Irreducible Complexity, Isaac Newton, life, Newtonian mechanics, oxygen, purpose, science of purpose, thermodynamics}

Illuminating the Power of Life

_{Stephen J. Iacoboni
July 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That which is unique to life alone, which offers the only valid explanation of irreducible complexity, is the manifestation of goal-directed functional logic. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 21, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, Bronze Age, civilization, copper, earth, Earth’s crust, elements, humans, intelligent design, Iron Age, metals, Michael Denton, Middle East, Native Americans, oxygen, theism, warfare, weapons, Wisconsin, wood}

The Discovery of Metals — A Double-Edged Sword

_{Eric Hedin
May 21, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Technology

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Why should the melting points of common metals be attainable in furnaces heated by burning carbon-based organic matter? Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 14, 2024

Categories
Biochemistry
Botany
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atoms, bacteria, cofactors, copper, early Earth, Earth’s crust, enzymes, evolution, habitability, hemoglobin, intelligent design, iron ore, just-so stories, life, metals, microbes, minerals, photosynthesis}

Metals and Life — A Balancing Act

_{Eric Hedin
May 14, 2024

Biochemistry, Botany, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences

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The complementary interaction between metals and life provides yet another example of our existence relying upon multiple levels of design. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
October 10, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alaska, copper, COVID-19, electricity, intelligent design, isolation, logic gates, materials, nature, oxygen, radios, semiconductors, silicon, television, voltage, Zoom}

Electronic Technology Shows Foresight in Nature

_{Eric Hedin
October 10, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The principal semiconductors are silicon and germanium; silicon’s abundance in the Earth’s crust is second only to oxygen. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, archaea, boron, cabbage, Casey Luskin, cobalt, coffee, copper, corn, Dartmouth College, elements, hemoglobin, human body, intelligent design, iron, manganese, Michael Denton, milk, mushrooms, nickel, nuts, onions, organs, oysters, peas, phosphorus, PNAS, potassium, Privileged Species, protein science, The Miracle of the Cell, tissues, Uppsala University, urine, zinc}

Brother, Can You Spare a Nickel? It’s Essential for Life, and Likely an Indicator of Intelligent Design

_{David Coppedge
June 8, 2023

Biology, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Nickel is an essential element in the human body, but too much is toxic. Here’s another element our planet had to provide. Read More ›