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Brian Josephson
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#10 of Our Top Stories of 2017: Nobel Laureate Is “80 Percent” Confident in Intelligent Design

He compares design in evolution to human creativity, and concedes that his ideas about ID may not be consistent with traditional theism. Read More ›
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Science Philosopher: Science World Beset by “Filters,” “Conformity,” “Hidebound” Thinking

How often have we heard the stale line about how science adores fresh thinking that topples past idols? Read More ›
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PETA
Photo: A crested black macaque (not a selfie), by Yi Chen (Flickr: Manado Indonesia) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

PETA Should Be Treated as a Vexatious Litigant

There was never any chance a monkey would be granted a copyright. Read More ›
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Bob Dylan
Photo: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, by Rowland Scherman (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

“Bot Dylan” Is a Mechanical Mockingbird

Creativity has eluded encoding. Programmers have failed to make machines that create as humans create. Read More ›
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A Flash of Insight About Physics, Reality, and DNA Launched Bruce Buff as a Novelist

It's a remarkable and telling thing about human creativity that ideas come to us so often not through a step-by-step process but in an instant. Read More ›
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Patent concept with man holding a tablet computer
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Computers Should Not Be Granted Patents

In order to receive a patent, the subject of the protection must be a human invention. Read More ›

Kansas definition of science out of step with the rest of the country

Associated Press reporter John Hanna’s story about the definition of science currently used in Kansas appeared in papers all across the country over the weekend, and other reporters have touched on this issue as well.

And rightly so. This is one of the most important issues before the Kansas state board of education, namely, what is the proper definition of science.

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