Tag: imagination

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Mathematics
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, Analytical Engine, artificial intelligence, cancer, Charles Babbage, chatbots, Difference Engine, ELIZA, George Byron, imagination, Joseph Weizenbaum, Luigi Menabrea, mechanical computer, Mechanical Turk, MIT, poetry, technology, thinking machines}

Ada Lovelace: A Poetic Approach to Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Mathematics

8}

Today, I want to share a few insights from another notable figure in the history of computing and artificial intelligence. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bats, bears, book, building, cancer, completeness, DNA, electrical wire, Epigenetics and the Architect, habitability, house, idea, imagination, information, James Gills, Jonathan Wells, laws of nature, Leonardo da Vinci, lumber, mammals, mind, Mount Everest, mountains, nails, painters, Science and Culture Today, selection, Thomas Woodward, universe, wholeness, ziggurat}

In Defiance of Evolution, Life Is an Idea

_{Eric Hedin
July 15, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

Nobody looks at a bear and thinks, “If it only had a long tail, it would be more bear-like.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 10, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Planetology
Tagged
, aliens, Casey Luskin, cosmos, creator, extraterrestrials, faith, humanoids, imagination, marketing, Michael Denton, panspermia, physiology, planets, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, science fiction, Sean McDowell, seeding, space and time, Spencer Klavan, Steven Spielberg, technology, Wall Street Journal}

For Extraterrestrial Life, All Credit to a Creator

_{David Klinghoffer
June 10, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Planetology

3}

As Casey Luskin reminds us, technology-using aliens would — by the intent of the cosmic design — need to live on a planet like ours with a physiology like ours. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 2, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artists, courage, Darwinists, humility, Icons of Evolution, imagination, Jonathan Wells, Kansas, science standards, Zombie Science (book)}

Evolutionary Icons and an Iconic Cover

_{David Klinghoffer
October 2, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Thank you to Jody Sjogren for the kind permission to share her work here with our readers. Read More ›

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Date
August 8, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, brain, Gizmodo, humans, illness, imagination, medication, medicine, mice, neurons, neuroscience, pain, researchers, University of North Carolina}

Research with Mice May Explain How the Placebo Effect Works

_{Science & Culture
August 8, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

4}

The mice had to be placed in a painful situation in order to trigger a placebo effect. With humans, it is often just a matter of communicating orally. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 4, 2024

Categories
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, atheism, biophysicists, experimental science, fantasy science, historical sciences, ID the Future, imagination, inferential science, Kirk Durston, multiverse, podcast, scientism, Stephen Meyer, The Joe Rogan Experience}

Three Types of Science: Fantasy Science

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 4, 2024

Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences

1}

One example of fantasy science, according to biophysicist Kirk Durston, is the multiverse. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, ChatGPT, college students, education, Futurism, imagination, information, intellect, machines, memory, researchers}

ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance

_{Science & Culture
March 31, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

2}

When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
August 7, 2023

Categories
Fine-tuning
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, animals, Bible, chatbot, ChatGPT, cosmos, curiosity, DNA, history, humans, imagination, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, natural world}

Asking Questions Demonstrates Human Exceptionalism

_{Eric Hedin
August 7, 2023

Fine-tuning, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Physical Sciences

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This human trait of question-asking begins almost as soon as we learn to talk. Young children can confound their parents with their rapid-fire questions. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, LaMDA, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut}

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

7}

A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 26, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, evolution, Google, human origins, ideology, imagination, materialism, Science Uprising}

Human Origins — The Scientific Imagination at Play

_{David Klinghoffer
October 26, 2021

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

3}

Not surprisingly, the transition from ape to man is the first, second, and third image produced by a Google image search for the term "evolution." Read More ›