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Cellular Cognition? So Much for Darwinism!

Following up in considering Daniel Nicholson’s challenge to the machine concept of the cell, I will examine intracellular transport and cellular behavior. Read More ›
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Image at top: Kinesin at work in the cell, from "Kinesin: The Workhorse of the Cell," via Discovery Institute.

Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind? 

At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›
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René Descartes
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Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›
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Image source: “The Workhorse of the Cell: Kinesin,” via Discovery Institute.

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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