Harrat Khaybar Type post Date November 3, 2017 CategoriesIntelligent DesignScience Tagged , __cedited, design detection, design filter, Golden Ratio, honeybees, human mind, intelligent design, Nancy Pearcey, Saudi Arabia, University of Western Australia Mysterious Structures in Arabian Desert: All We Know Is that They Were Designed Science & Culture November 3, 2017 Intelligent Design, Science 7 How much do you have to know to make a design inference? Read More ›
fire-show-dancing-with-flame-male-master-juggling-with-firew-275428589-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Jonathan Witt Date October 14, 2016 CategoriesFaith & SciencePhilosophyScientific Trustworthiness Tagged , __tedited, consciousness, Darwinism as religion, human mind, Michael Ruse, Mind and Cosmos, misrepresentation, New Atheists, nihilism, self-awareness, straw man, Thomas Nagel Roasting a Straw Man: Evolutionist Michael Ruse on Thomas Nagel Jonathan Witt October 14, 2016 Faith & Science, Philosophy, Scientific Trustworthiness 8 You're driving along and notice that a bright philosopher has just mangled beyond recognition the argument of another bright philosopher. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 21, 2016 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, abstract concepts, computational reductionism, determinism, empiricism, free will, human mind, immaterial reality, John Searle, metaphysics, mind-brain problem, suppressed evidence John Searle on Free Will Michael Egnor July 21, 2016 Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 5 Modern philosophy of mind is a focused effort to deny human exceptionalism. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 9, 2016 CategoriesPhilosophyScience Tagged , __edited, __tedited, abstract concepts, abstract reasoning, abstract thought, animal intelligence, animal languages, causality, human exceptionalism, human mind, human nature, language, logic, Nature Genetics, universals Is Your Cat Logical? Michael Egnor July 9, 2016 Philosophy, Science 6 Goodness gracious, this stuff never stops. Read More ›
computer keyboard ponder Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date June 20, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsComputational SciencesTechnology Tagged , __cedited, computer, consciousness, human mind, News, science, transhumanism, world Your Mind into a Computer Would Not Be You Wesley J. Smith June 20, 2016 Bioethics, Computational Sciences, Technology 2 The transhumanist fantasy about becoming immortal through uploading your mind to a computer is nonsense -- even if such a thing could be done. 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 Michael Egnor Date May 3, 2016 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , __tedited, abstract thinking, choices, determinism, fallacy, free will, human mind, human responsibilities, illusions, mind-brain debate, natural causes, people, self Is Free Will Just "Your Brain Tricking Itself"? Michael Egnor May 3, 2016 Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 When scientists propose a really inane explanation for a mundane observation, evolutionary psychology is likely the discipline invoked. Read More ›
