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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animal rights, animal welfare, Blake Lemoine, Bronx Zoo, chatbot, courts, Google, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, LaMDA, New York State, Non-Computable You, personhood, PETA, Robert J. Marks II, Wesley J. Smith, Wired, Yuval Noah Harari}

Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”

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June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, computers, computing, consciousness, cosmos, creativity, culture, Elon Musk, evolution, free will, Homo Deus, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, lemon, materialism, Neural Networks, New York Times, Non-Computable You, Psalms, qualia, Stephen Hawking, The Economist, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 16, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, activists, animal rights, animals, Bronx Zoo, children, crime, duties, elephants, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, illness, injury, judges, New York State, Nonhuman Rights Project, people, rights, slaves, sophistry, species barrier, women, writ of habeas corpus}

Court Rules Elephant Does Not Have Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 16, 2022

Bioethics, Science Reporting

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I have written here several times about the attempt by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) to “break the species barrier.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Agouti, agriculture, algorithms, ant colony, antennae, anternet, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, Deborah M. Gordon, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Australians, bioengineering, blood, breathing, circulatory system, earth, Eric Anderson, Günter Bechly, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, lungs, Michael Denton, paleontologists, podcast, respiratory system, secular humanism, sun, The Miracle of Man, theistic humanism}

Miracle of Man: Fine-Tuning for Blood and Breath

_{Science and Culture
June 1, 2022

Biology, Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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“Denton provides a scientific underpinning for a theistic humanism far beyond the nihilistic implications of so-called secular humanism,” writes Günter Bechly. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, gambling, heuristic, humans, Mary Olmstead, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, reward, risk, Valerie Kuhlmeier}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
May 31, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Life Sciences
Tagged
, body plans, camouflage, caterpillars, Charles Darwin, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, evolution, humans, industrial melanism, larvae, Michael Majerus, New York Times, On the Origin of Species, organs, peppered moths, pollution, sampling, second coming, tree trunks}

Peppered Moths: It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again

_{Jonathan Wells
May 31, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Life Sciences

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At most, the story shows a change in the proportions of two varieties of the same species. Read More ›

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Date
May 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animal rights, animals, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, documentary, evolution, film festival, human population, humans, Mother Earth, peas, pigs, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith, YouTube videos}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: The War on Humans

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May 27, 2022

Bioethics, Botany, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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The video investigates activists who want to grant legal rights to animals and plants, and who want to reduce the human population by up to 90 percent. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, abortion, animals, anti-human exceptionalism, communication, culture, dog, emotion, environmentalism, euthanasia, horse, human rights, humans, memory, New York University, nonhumans, self-awareness, self-determination}

Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 24, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

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NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›

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Date
May 24, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Technology
Tagged
, airplanes, civilization, computers, earth, fire, human body, humans, intelligent design, medicine, Michael Denton}

2022 YouTube Film Festival: Fire-Maker

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May 24, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Technology

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Think of it: from computers to airplanes to life-giving medicines, the technological marvels of our world were made possible by this human use of fire. Read More ›