Type post Author Michael Denton Date August 4, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and Anthropology Tagged , __tedited, atmospheric gases, combustion, environmental conditions, environmental fitness, fire, fire use, Fire-Maker, fire-making, fitness of nature, human development, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, lightning, planetary design, preconditions, prior fitness, scientific discovery, society, technological advancement A Reasonable, but Incomplete, Account of How Humans Mastered Fire Michael Denton August 4, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology 13 The coincidences are so extraordinary that the inference to design is surely worthy of serious consideration. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 19, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract thought, animal intelligence, grammar, human intelligence, language, learning, signals Here’s How We Could Know if Animals Use Language Michael Egnor July 19, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind 4 Perhaps, some critics will argue, animals have language that we haven't detected. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 15, 2016 CategoriesLinguisticsNeuroscience & MindZoology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal personhood, common sense, David Hume, human intelligence, Jeffrey Shallit, language, Nature David Hume Notwithstanding, Abstract Thought in Animals Is a Myth Michael Egnor July 15, 2016 Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Zoology 6 Abstract thought in animals is a cultural myth at the heart of the Darwinian understanding of man. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date June 7, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __tedited, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, computational power, expertise, human intelligence, human mind, intelligence, machine intelligence, meaninglessness, Overruling Intelligence, Watson Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI Brendan Dixon June 7, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 8 It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date May 20, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computational reductionism, human intelligence, human mind, hype, machine metaphor, meat machines, mimicry, Overruling Intelligence No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer Brendan Dixon May 20, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 5 AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date April 26, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent DesignScientific Reasoning Tagged , __tedited, agency, alien intelligence, argument, causality, creationism, human exceptionalism, human intelligence, inference to the best explanation, intelligence, intelligent design, misrepresentation, Neil deGrasse Tyson, probabilities, PZ Myers, scientific reasoning, simulation theory, testability Neil deGrasse Tyson Says Chances of Intelligently Designed Universe “May Be Very High” David Klinghoffer April 26, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning 4 But of course he was referring to the odds that the universe is an artificial computer simulation by advanced aliens. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date April 21, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesIntelligent Design Tagged , __tedited, AI, anti-human exceptionalism, computer simulations, deep learning, Elon Musk, Futurism, Go (game), heuristic, human intelligence, Internet, machine learning, Michio Kaku, Neural Networks, self-awareness, sentience, Stephen Hawking, superintelligence How Likely Is a "Terminator" Future? Brendan Dixon April 21, 2016 Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design 6 Celebrity scientist Michio Kaku is the latest to throw his support behind the "Terminator is coming" mantra. Read More ›
