numbers Type post Author William A. Dembski Date May 30, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , abduction, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, CIA, computers, digits, Erik Larson, Fibonacci sequence, Harvard University Press, numbers, patterns, pi, spaces, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, Wolfgang Pauli Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences William A. Dembski May 30, 2023 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 10 Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts. Read More ›
Fermi Spirograph Type post Date March 30, 2022 CategoriesIntelligent DesignPhysical SciencesPhysics Tagged , Carl Sagan, Contact (novel), Cosmos Magazine, electromagnetism, extraterrestrials, Fibonacci sequence, fine structure constant, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, Paul Davies, pi, Planck’s constant, quantum mechanics, relativity, Richard Feynman, University of Nottingham, Wolfgang Pauli Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe Science and Culture March 30, 2022 Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics 4 Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›
geraniums Type post Author Walter Myers III Date January 21, 2021 CategoriesBotanyLife Sciences Tagged , Apple iPhone, branches, cellulose, computer programs, computers, Energy, Facebook, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, humans, Instagram, leaves, module, needles, nitrogen, oxygen, photosynthesis, pine tree, programmers, skin cells, soil, Southern California, sunlight, thermostats, TikTok, trunks, water Plant Diversity and Computer Programming Walter Myers III January 21, 2021 Botany, Life Sciences 8 I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›
Orixa japonica Type post Date June 14, 2019 CategoriesBotanyLife SciencesMathematics Tagged , __k-review, auxin, blind chance, chemical signals, collagen, Darwinians, Fibonacci sequence, genes, Golden Ratio, University of Tokyo Plant Spirals Finally Solved? Science and Culture June 14, 2019 Botany, Life Sciences, Mathematics 8 The Fibonacci spirals in plants have long attracted scientists and puzzled them as well. How do they form? Read More ›
structuralism Type post Date September 17, 2018 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, Charles Darwin, D’Arcy Thompson, Darwinian evolution, Darwinism, embryo, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Evolution: Still a Theory in Crisis, Fibonacci sequence, Flight, flowers, Golden Ratio, Illustra Media, intelligent design, Michael Denton, petals, Platonism, Privileged Species, Richard Owen, The Wonder of Water, U.C. Santa Barbara, University of Kansas, zebrafish New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View Science and Culture September 17, 2018 Intelligent Design 7 The way an embryo develops shows a method of patterning that makes use of physical processes as if they conform to a predetermined plan. Read More ›
phyllotaxis Type post Date September 20, 2017 CategoriesBotanyEvolutionIntelligent DesignLife Sciences Tagged , __k-review, auxin, cell division, Current Biology, embryo, epidermis, Fibonacci sequence, flowers, geometry, Golden Ratio, intelligent design, plasma membrane, stem cells Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained Science and Culture September 20, 2017 Botany, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences 12 Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›