Great Minds: How Darwinism and AI Are Oversold, Often at the Same Time

_{David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2019

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Center for Science & Culture and the Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence share more than the commonality of being sponsored by Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 24, 2019

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, __k-review, "survival of the fittest", Ajit Varki, Albert Einstein, animals, bread, chimpanzees, creativity, Darwinian evolution, David Premack, fire, human origins, humans, intelligence, Internet, iPhone, John West, Neanderthals, Noam Chomsky, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, Thomas Nagel, tools, University of Pennsylvania}

A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!

_{Ann Gauger
January 24, 2019

Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues. Read More ›

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Date
January 8, 2019

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, ants, Biomimetics, biomimicry, complexity, creativity, Darwinism, Francis Bacon, geckos, intelligent design, nature, peer review, PLOS ONE, Research, scientific revolutions}

Is Biology Approaching the Threshold of Design Acceptance?

_{Science and Culture
January 8, 2019

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design

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A recent biology paper inches up to the edge of design advocacy, without using the phrase “intelligent design.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 13, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, animals, artificial intelligence, computer, computers, creativity, Discovery Institute, Great Minds with Michael Medved, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Marks, Medved on Human Exceptionalism’s Two Frontiers

_{David Klinghoffer
December 13, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side, animal and machine. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 7, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Albert Einstein, brain, creativity, information, math, microtubules, Mind Matters, nature, neurons, probability, quantum mechanics, quantum state, randomness, Robert J. Marks II, specified complexity, universe}

Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

_{David Klinghoffer
December 7, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Great Minds with Michael Medved, imitation, innovation, machines, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Turing Machine, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

2}

There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 17, 2018

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, common design, creativity, Darwinists, dependency graph, genetic data, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Walter Bradley Center, Winston Ewert}

Critics Need to Grapple with Ewert’s Challenge to Darwin’s Tree

_{David Klinghoffer
October 17, 2018

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

If the evidence is more suggestive of a creative enterprise like software engineering, that would have major implications. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, artificial intelligence, beauty, biological information, Children of Light, computers, creativity, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, elegance, George Gilder, information, information theory, intelligent design, Life After Google, machines, Michael Denton, surprise}

Denton, Gilder: The Biology of Surprise

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

3}

Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, Amazon, artificial intelligence, bestseller, capitalism, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Fox News, George Gilder, humans, Life After Google, machines, natural selection, nature, planning, socialism, surprise, tyranny, youtube}

Gilder on Surprise, Creativity, and Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

2}

It’s strikes me that this is a difference between design and Darwinian thinking. Read More ›

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Date
October 7, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, C.S. Lewis, creativity, Declaration of Independence, Discovery Institute, FreedomFest, George Gilder, history, Human Zoos, John West, knowledge, Ota Benga, personhood, Peter Singer, Racism, Richard Weikart, science, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, totalitarian science}

Totalitarian Science: Past, Present, and Future?

_{Science and Culture
October 7, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Scientific Reasoning

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When science is considered the only route to knowledge, scientific experts are given the right to rule, and science becomes totalitarian. Read More ›