Tag: dog

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, bat, books, chimp, China, computer program, data, dog, Human, Immanuel Kant, Johns Hopkins University, Jorge Luis Borges, loss, love, memories, Ming Dynasty, mortality, movies, neuroscience, philosophy, quantum realm, Ray Kurzweil, reason, simulation, The Immortal Mind, The Rigor of Angels, Thomas Nagel, Werner Heisenberg, William Egginton}

Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

5}

In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 13, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debates, DNA, dog, Dr. Dan, embryogenesis, embryonic stem cells, enzymes, euchromatin, evolution, function, genome, Genome Biology, humans, intelligent design, junk DNA, LINE-1 elements, macaque, methylation, miRNAs, mouse, Nature (journal), non-coding RNAs, peer-reviewed literature, repetitive elements, Rutgers University, Science (journal), transposable elements}

From the “Junk DNA” Files: Can “Degraded” LINE Elements Still Be Functional?

_{Jonathan McLatchie, Richard Sternberg, and Casey Luskin
May 13, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

22}

On May 2, Casey Luskin had an online debate with Professor Daniel Stern Cardinale, an evolutionary biologist at Rutgers University. Read More ›

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Date
November 7, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, consciousness, dog, electron, Eugene Wigner, human consciousness, Nobel Prize, observations, observer, placebo, prayer, quantum mechanics, thought experiment}

As Conscious Observers, Do We Help Create Our World?

_{Science and Culture
November 7, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

3}

That’s the big question in quantum mechanics, as science communicator Elizabeth Fernandez explains. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, nonhumans, self-awareness, self-determination}

Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

4}

NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 18, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, ai ethics, algorithms, artificial intelligence, creativity, deification, dog, free will, God, God Complex, gods, human responsibilities, human rights, humans, metaethics, morality, murder, reality, software, The Matrix, transhumanism, virtual reality}

Professor Explains “How to Be a God”

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 18, 2022

Ethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

4}

Transhumanists and futurists worry about guaranteeing rights for AI technologies when they attain “consciousness.” Read More ›

Bible. Old Testament. Creation. Genesis. God created Adam and Eve and provided all they needed in the Garden of Eden.

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, alleles, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, butterfly, Christians, common ancestry, computer model, Darwinists, Dennis Venema, DNA, dog, genes, genetic instructions, Haplo, Harvard University, human origins, Jews, Muslims, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, Research, Stockholm University}

“Unique Human Origins”: Explained

_{Jonathan Witt
November 4, 2019

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

5}

One scenario involves a first human pair created from scratch — Adam and Eve, as many traditional religious believers would have it. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 12, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Philosophy
Tagged
, __edited, a posteriori argument, a priori, Alvin Plantinga, dog, essence, existence, Five Ways, geometry, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, logic, Ontological Argument, planets, Plato, Platonic forms, René Descartes, science, stars, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns}

Essence and Existence in Modern Science

_{Michael Egnor
October 12, 2019

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Philosophy

6}

St. Thomas laid the intellectual groundwork for modern natural science — the absolute distinction between existence and essence. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 11, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __edited, Aristotle, atheistic naturalism, bias, cat, Christianity, dog, essence, existence, faith, Fluffy, kittens, reality, Thomas Aquinas, unicorns, Venn diagram}

Essence and Existence: The Cornerstone of Thomistic Metaphysics

_{Michael Egnor
October 11, 2019

Faith & Science, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

6}

I can describe anything you like in whatever detail you like, but you can’t know whether it exists or not merely by its description. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 12, 2019

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, animals, apes, Aristotle, Christianity, communication, Darwin Devolves, Darwinian evolution, dog, Homo sapiens, human mind, humans, Jerry Coyne, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, physiology, signs, soul, speech}

Why Animals Don’t Speak

_{David Klinghoffer
March 12, 2019

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

If what separates us from other animals were material in nature, material alone, then perhaps we could look to a material process for an explanation. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, Adrian Dyer, animals, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Australia, dog, food, honeybees, humans, Melbourne, neurons, nothing, researchers, universals, visual cortex, zero}

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

_{Michael Egnor
June 11, 2018

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›