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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 6, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, cuticular hydrocarbons, Eric Anderson, Eric Cassell, evolution, evolutionary processes, foraging, foresight, harvester ants, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, podcast, sensors, signs}

Irreducible Complexity in Ant Behavior Triggers a Recognition of Intelligent Design

_{David Klinghoffer
July 6, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Recent research draws an unapologetic parallel between human engineering and biological systems. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, bees, crabs, crustaceans, cuttlefish, Deborah M. Gordon, emotion, entomologists, Eric Cassell, insects, intelligent design, invertebrates, lobsters, locusts, neuroscience, octopuses, praying mantis, predators, snails, squid, University of Minnesota, vertebrates}

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
March 8, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", Animal Algorithms, birds, breeding, convergent evolution, Current Biology, Design Inference, elephant seal, Eric Cassell, evolution, intelligent design, lobsters, map sense, migration, mollusks, sea turtles, synchrony, UC Santa Cruz}

The Elephant Seal in the Room

_{David Coppedge
March 8, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise. Read More ›

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Date
March 4, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, abstract thought, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ant colony, ants, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, computer programmers, engineers, Eric Cassell, foraging, intelligent design, Internet, life forms, navigation, robustness, Traveling Salesman Problem}

Ants Use Algorithms Similar to Those of the Internet

_{Science and Culture
March 4, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Optimization algorithms enable the ant colony to decide how many ants to send to a given food source and when to drastically reduce the number. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
February 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, Animal Algorithms, Casey Luskin, Darwin's Doubt, Eigen catastrophe, Elliott Sober, Eric Cassell, Ernst Mayr, Erwin Schrödinger, Eugene V. Koonin, evolution, Granville Sewell, gravitation, Isaac Newton, Kirk Durston, National Academy of Sciences, naturalism, neo-Darwinian theory, No Free Lunch, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, punctuated equilibria, Richard Weikart, RNA, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, thermodynamics, vitalism, Vitaly Vanchurin, William A. Dembski}

Evolution Is Not Like Physics

_{David Coppedge
February 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Physical Sciences, Physics

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A new theory of evolution extends Darwinian processes, making them into physical laws based on “learning theory.” Read More ›

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Date
January 27, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, calculus, Cambrian phyla, Darwinian theory, Eric Cassell, goldfish, hardware, Irreducible Complexity, mammals, Nature (journal), navigation, Neuron (journal), neurons, olfaction, phyla, PNAS, sea turtles, software, University of Toronto}

Navigation Ability Crosses Phylum Lines — And That’s a Problem for Evolution

_{Science and Culture
January 27, 2022

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Yes, that is kind of adorable. It took only a few days for the fish to learn to drive. Read More ›

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Date
January 26, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, ants, Canada, Eric Cassell, ethology, evolution, flies, Flight: The Genius of Birds, gnats, instinct, intelligent design, magnetic field, map sense, Mexico, Monarch butterflies, mosquitos, National Zoo, Nature (journal), navigation, olfaction, rats, Rockefeller University, sea turtles, Stephen Talbott}

Uncannily Organic: Navigation Is More than Genes

_{Science and Culture
January 26, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The capabilities of animals to know their positions and make corrections seem beyond the abilities of coded instructions or brain size. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, Arctic terns, Casey Luskin, computer programs, Darwinists, desert ants, Eric Cassell, evolution, intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, molecular machines, monarch butterfly, navigation}

Watch: Animal Algorithms and the Bluff of Darwinism

_{David Klinghoffer
January 20, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Human navigation technology is just catching up to what animals like these can do by instinct. Read More ›

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Date
January 3, 2022

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, blind natural forces, Casey Luskin, convergent evolution, Eric Cassell, evolution, genetic changes, ID the Future, insects, intelligent design, No Free Lunch theorems, podcast, programmed behaviors, purpose, spider silk, spiders, teleology, teleophobia, William A. Dembski}

Teleophobia: Cassell on the Unreasonable Fear of Intelligent Design

_{Science and Culture
January 3, 2022

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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What do biologists make of the apparently purposive nature of all these different kinds of complex programmed behaviors? Read More ›

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Date
January 2, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, blind evolution, brain, Casey Luskin, desert ants, Eric Cassell, evolution, genome, honey bee colony, honey bees, ID the Future, intelligent design, podcast, programming, webinar}

Animal Algorithms: Desert Ants and Honey Bees

_{Science and Culture
January 2, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Eric Cassell argues that these innate skills point to algorithms programmed into the ant’s brain and genome. Read More ›