homo erectus Type post Author Casey Luskin Date November 10, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionHuman Origins and AnthropologyPaleontology Tagged , Adam and Eve, Australopithecus, Bernard Wood, Bible, Christianity Today, Darwinian evolution, East Africa, evolution, FOXP2, Francis Collins, genes, Genetics (journal), Homo erectus, Homo heidelbergensis, human intelligence, human origins, Ian Tattersall, In Quest of the Historical Adam, In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), integration, mutations, Nature (journal), paleoanthropology, Review of Craig's In Quest of the Historical Adam (series), Robin Williams, Sapiens (book), science and religion, The Language of God, Time Magazine, William Lane Craig, Yuval Noah Harari Missed Opportunity: Passing over Scientific Problems with Human Evolution Casey Luskin November 10, 2021 Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology 18 William Lane Craig’s rhetorical strategy is essentially to accept whatever mainstream evolutionary paleoanthropology says. Read More ›
elephant Type post Author William A. Dembski Date April 22, 2021 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , artificial intelligence, computer science, deep learning, elephant, Erik Larson, human intelligence, Neural Networks, philosophers, programmers, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, understanding, Wikipedia The Myth of “Deep Learning” William A. Dembski April 22, 2021 Neuroscience & Mind 2 This is pathetic, and this is what is supposed to lay waste and supersede human intelligence? Read More ›
COSM-Kurzweil Type post Date November 3, 2019 CategoriesMetaphysicsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, computers, dystopia, George Gilder, human intelligence, ID the Future, Jay Richards, John Searle, machine learning, qualia, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Skynet Jay Richards at COSM Talks Ray Kurzweil and Strong AI Science and Culture November 3, 2019 Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind 1 Is the “singularity” coming, as Kurzweil argues there and elsewhere, when machines equal and then quickly surpass human intelligence? Read More ›
cathedral_light_window_14590_o Type post Author Jonathan Wells Date January 14, 2019 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , __k-review, Aquinas.design, Colombia, English, evolution, genes, Genesis, human intelligence, intelligent design, Jay Richards, Michael Chaberek, Richard Sternberg, Roman Catholic, Spanish Science and Faith — A Report from Colombia Jonathan Wells January 14, 2019 Faith & Science 3 Rick Sternberg and I agreed that this was one of the best conferences we had ever attended. Read More ›
software Type post Date January 3, 2019 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, biologists, Charles Darwin, common descent, complexity, computer scientists, Darwinian evolution, dependency graph, engines, evolutionary algorithms, genetic programming, human intelligence, intelligent design, Michael Behe, natural selection, simulations, Singularity, Stephen Meyer, Winston Ewert Why We Don’t Evolve Software: A Computer Scientist Considers Darwinian Theory Science and Culture January 3, 2019 Evolution, Intelligent Design 6 Software engineers are trained in design principles, and also have real experience of how complex functional systems appear and change constructively. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , __tedited, animal intelligence, anti-American propaganda, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, meat machines, patriotism, Privileged Species, The Privileged Planet, worldview A View of the World Fueled by “Nothing Special” David Klinghoffer October 6, 2016 Bioethics, Faith & Science 5 It's a depressed teenager's nihilism -- but proved by science! -- versus an exalted picture of the cosmos. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 6, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsHuman Exceptionalism Tagged , __tedited, animal experiments, animal intelligence, animal rights, Edward Taub, human experimentation, human intelligence, human rights, medical ethics, medical experiments, medical research, moral value, PETA, Peter Singer, Silver Spring Monkey Case, value The Human Cost of Animal Rights Fanaticism Wesley J. Smith September 6, 2016 Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism 6 Animal rights activists associated with PETA set up Dr. Edward Taub as an animal abuser. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 1, 2016 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __tedited, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, language, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe, Western civilization Tom Wolfe: Human Exceptionalist Wesley J. Smith September 1, 2016 Bioethics 3 The ubiquitous attacks on human exceptionalism are one of the current age's worst decadent tendencies. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date August 30, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, human language, linguists, Noam Chomsky, The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe In The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe Tells the Story of Evolution’s Epic Tumble David Klinghoffer August 30, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology 8 Darwinian evolution explains biological trivia but stumbles when it comes to the major innovations in the long history of life. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date August 8, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __edited, __tedited, artificial intelligence, Erik Larson, human intelligence, Turing test What Does It Mean to Be Intelligent? Brendan Dixon August 8, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 7 Despite headlines, no machine has yet come close to passing a serious Turing Test. Web security relies on this fact. Read More ›
