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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2018

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Ethics
Evolution
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, __k-review, apes, cats, communication, Daily Mail, Dogs, Fox News, humans, mammals, New York Post, phylogeny, reporters, science, speech, United Kingdom}

This Is Science — Dog Study Confirms What Everyone Already Knew

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2018

Ethics, Evolution

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In contrast with apes, it’s a tougher sell to say that dogs share an ability to communicate with us because of being close evolutionary cousins. Read More ›

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Author
Richard Weikart

Date
June 19, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Psychology
Social Sciences
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, __k-review, behavior, bullying, Charles Darwin, cognition, culture, education, evolutionary theory, humans, motivation, Nautilus, prestige, society, status, University of Texas}

Why Social Science Does Not Need Evolutionary Theory

_{Richard Weikart
June 19, 2018

Evolution, Psychology, Social Sciences

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The example that Professor Cristine Legare proffers is schoolyard bullying. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
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, __k-review, 2001: A Space Odyssey, aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, book, debate, Denis Lamoureux, DNA, earth, Eric Anderson, evolution, humans, ID the Future, information, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Mike Keas, Moon, movie, podcast, rock, Saturn, snowflakes, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Meyer, Toronto}

Is There Information in Saturn’s Rings?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

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Or in a rock? Or a snowflake? This is a common contention from ID critics. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 18, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, Darwinism, female, genitalia, humans, junk DNA, male, mice, neo-Darwinian theory, non-coding DNA, ovaries, proteins, Research, Richard Dawkins, Science (journal), testes, Y chromosome}

An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”

_{David Klinghoffer
June 18, 2018

Evolution, Life Sciences

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“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
June 11, 2018

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, abstract thought, animals, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, Australia, dog, food, honeybees, humans, neurons, nothing, researchers, universals, visual cortex, zero}

Can Bees Understand the Concept of “Zero”?

_{Michael Egnor
June 11, 2018

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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The scientists credited the bees with more intelligence than some humans. Read More ›

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Date
June 10, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Henry Kissinger, humans, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Mike Keas, podcast, robots, The Atlantic, The Human Advantage}

Jay Richards: Press Pause on the Robot Apocalypse

_{Science & Culture
June 10, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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Henry Kissinger has sounded an alarm over AI, and raises questions about machine ethics and the possibility that humans may learn we’re not so special after all. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
June 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aeon, African Americans, Australia, California, Canada, Darwinism, eugenics, Human Zoos, humanity, humans, India, indigenous people, sterilization, United Nations, USAID, women}

Eugenic Sterilization Is STILL Going On

_{Sarah Chaffee
June 9, 2018

Bioethics

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Robert Wilson’s work brought him into contact with survivors of Canada’s eugenics regime, eventually drawing him into research and advocacy. Read More ›

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Date
June 8, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, animals, bottleneck, earth, generations, Human Evolution (journal), human origins, humans, inference, intelligent design, most recent common ancestor, mutation rate, neutral evolution, population, Rockefeller University, species, University of Basel}

New Paper in Evolution Journal: Humans and Animals Are (Mostly) the Same Age?

_{Science & Culture
June 8, 2018

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design

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I am intrigued, but to be honest, I don’t quite know what to make of it just yet, and don’t want to jump to any conclusions. Read More ›

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Author
Cornelius Hunter

Date
May 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Origin of Life
Tagged
, __k-review, abiogenesis, amino acids, Cambrian Explosion, cephalopod, cuttlefish, Denis Noble, DNA, Drosophila, epigenetics, evolutionary theory, evolutionists, fruit flies, horizontal gene transfer, humans, John Mattick, mRNA, neo-Darwinian theory, nucleotides, octopuses, panspermia, science, squid}

More on Alien Octopi: New Paper Admits Failure of Evolution to Explain Life

_{Cornelius Hunter
May 30, 2018

Evolution, Origin of Life

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The complexity and sophistication of life cannot originate from non-biological matter under any scenario, over any expanse of space and time, however vast. Read More ›