Tag: creativity

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 29, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __trending, atheism, Charles Darwin, creativity, Darwinism, evolution, evolutionary theory, free will, genes, Johns Hopkins, Modern Synthesis, Nathan Comfort, Nature (journal), On the Origin of the Species, organisms, Philip Ball, replicator, Richard Dawkins, Scientific American, selfishness, The Genetic Book of the Dead, The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene, vehicle}

For Dawkins, a Second Sour Publishing Anniversary

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 29, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

5}

Nathaniel Comfort stops just short of saying that Dawkins’s ideas should be pensioned off, along with himself. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 1, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, books, certainty, chatbots, Christianity, courage, creativity, Creativity and Its Cultivation, curiosity, Erich Fromm, faith, Germans, Google, Harold H. Anderson, Hebrew Scriptures, Henri Poincaré, Martin Buber, Nicolai Berdyaev, Old Testament, philosophers, psychology, Russians, surprise, technology, wonder}

Cultivating Creativity in the Chatbot Age

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 1, 2026

Computational Sciences, Technology

9}

if we reach for the Google search or the AI chatbot too quickly, we cede our superpower to a machine. Read More ›

Girl student freelancer working with laptop at home by the window, education and remote work, programmer, online business

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 12, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Science Education
Tagged
, academic year, adults, artificial intelligence, chatbots, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, Claude, Cleveland, creative power, creativity, Energy, Gemini, Grok, guardrails, habits, images, intellect, Kamar Samuels, learning, New York City, parents, relationships, school districts, schools, Sherry Turkle, students, teachers, technology, text, videos}

How Much Should Students Use AI? Preferably Not at All

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 12, 2026

Computational Sciences, Science Education

7}

New York City recently announced a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classes for the 2026-2027 school year. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, 404 Media, AI slop, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, books, bots, creativity, Frank Landymore, Futurism, ISBNdb, language, large language models, lawsuits, literature, pirating, rare books, technology, Ted Gioia, writing}

Gutting Old Books to Feed AI: What Could Go Wrong?

_{Peter Biles
July 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Linguistics

2}

The question is: Who wins? Maybe we should start buying up all the old books before the bots get to them. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, contemplation, courage, creativity, Declaration of Independence, dehumanization, designer, etymonline.com, faith, free will, freedom, friction, happiness, hope, human beings, humankind, humanness, humans, individuality, intuition, Karl Jaspers, liberty, life, love, Man in the Modern Age, meaning, Nicolai Berdyaev, organization, philosophers, presence, reasoning, relationship, resistance, spontaneity, surprise, technology, transcendence, virtuousness}

Endowed with Spontaneity: Celebrating Human Freedom

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Psychology

4}

That’s 1930s-German-philosopher-speak for the power and freedom human beings have to know themselves, be known to others, and be active agents in the world. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 15, 2026

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, atheists, automatons, BBC, church, creativity, determinism, free will, human value, Humanize, illusion, insanity, Ludwig van Beethoven, MacArthur Genius Grant, Michael Egnor, moral agency, nihilism, Ninth Symphony, Robert Sapolsky, Science Focus, theists, Vincent van Gogh}

Another “Scientific” Attack on Free Will

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 15, 2026

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We don’t even know what consciousness is. If there is no free will, are we even really conscious? Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
February 11, 2026

Categories
Ethics
Social Sciences
Tagged
, biologists, Charles Darwin, Christianity, creativity, creator, Daniel Dennett, Darwinian evolution, Darwinian narrative, Darwinian theory, designer, evolution, human beings, intelligent design, Islam, Jonathan Witt, Judaism, Judeo-Christian tradition, materialism, mind, monkeys, moral order, random mutations, rationality, Religions (journal), theists, universal acid}

Jonathan Witt: Darwinism and Its “Pernicious Cultural Implications”

_{Emily Sandico
February 11, 2026

Ethics, Social Sciences

5}

What are we to make of rationality and creativity, of our awareness of the moral order? In the Judeo-Christian tradition, these markers are elevated. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, baked salmon, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, complexity, computer assistance, Copilot, createdness, creativity, engineering, Gemini, Grok, humans, living systems, Nikolai Berdyaev, salmon, scientists}

AI Dependence Makes Us Dumber, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

_{David Klinghoffer
January 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

2}

I realized this when I found myself, not for the first time, asking Grok to remind me again how long to bake salmon at 400 degrees. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
January 12, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, adults, Albert Einstein, architect, artificial inteligence, birds, brain, creative designer, creativity, faith, genius, Granville Sewell, human beings, human creativity, intelligence, intelligent design, Ludwig van Beethoven, Madeleine L’ Engle, nest, new year’s resolutions, Ninth Symphony, Ode to Joy, toddlers, universe, Walking on Water}

The Source of Human Creativity Is Intelligent Design

_{Eric Hedin
January 12, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

6}

Within the field of music, Beethoven’s compositions stand out not least because of his progressive loss of hearing. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 16, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Genetics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, bias, Christianity, creativity, Darwinian mechanism, evolutionary biologists, faith and science, geneticists, ID the Future, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, materialists, plants, podcast, religion, Richard Buggs, rigor, Robert Boyle, science, science stopper, scientific process, scientific revolution, scientists, Stephen Meyer}

In Science, Faith Can Improve Rigor and Creativity

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 16, 2025

Faith & Science, Genetics, Scientific Reasoning

2}

Contrary to the prevailing view, plant geneticist Richard Buggs says his Christian faith motivates his research. Read More ›