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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 7, 2023

Categories
Archaeology
Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Paleontology
Tagged
, ABC News, archaeologists, Associated Press, Australia, bioRxiv, burial, cave art, chimpanzees, fire use, Germany, Gibraltar, Griffith University, hominids, Homo naledi, human origins, intelligence, Kenya, Lee Berger, María Martinón-Torres, Natural History Museum, Neanderthals, New York Times, Newsweek, paleontology, Phys.org, Rising Star Cave, Science News, skeletons, Spain, The Conversation, Wall Street Journal}

Scientists Are Skeptical that Intelligence in Homo naledi “Erases Human Exceptionalism”

_{Casey Luskin
June 7, 2023

Archaeology, Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Paleontology

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Berger et al.’s claims about the species have been disputed and their idea that it lived 2-3 million years ago was exaggerated by a factor of 10. Read More ›

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Author
Eric Hedin

Date
May 2, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, biomolecules, cars, cities, computers, DNA, evolution, humans, information, intelligence, intelligent design, living cell, probability, proteins, puzzles, unguided processes, universe}

People Can Do Puzzles — And Why That Matters

_{Eric Hedin
May 2, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Our ability to complete a puzzle hinges upon clues that are unavailable to nature, were natural processes given the task of assembling the puzzle. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, evolutionary icons, Gizmodo, hominids, hominins, human origins, humans, intelligence, macaque monkeys, macaques, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, monkeys, primates, rocks, Science Advances, Thailand, The Hill, tools}

Monkey-Made “Tools” Cast Doubt on High Intelligence in Early Hominids

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2023

Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Macaque monkeys from Lobi Bay, Thailand, have been observed “unintentionally” producing stone tools. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
March 11, 2023

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, computers, copyright, critical thinking, DALL-E, Gary Smith, images, intelligence, novels, writing}

For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

_{Peter Biles
March 11, 2023

Human Exceptionalism, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›

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Author
Olufemi Oluniyi

Date
March 6, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Africans, apes, barbarians, Carl Linnaeus, Caucasians, Charles Darwin, ethnicity, evolution, fitness, humans, intelligence, On the Origin of Species, Racism, Richard Weikart, savages, Social Darwinism}

Darwin’s Contribution to Racial Extermination

_{Olufemi Oluniyi
March 6, 2023

Bioethics, Evolution

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These men and others argued that the logical extrapolation of Darwin’s theory was the extermination of their fellow humans in the name of evolutionary progress! Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
March 5, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Technology
Tagged
, Carl Sagan, chemical processes, computers, Cosmos (series), evidence, evolution, Evolution News, fossils, human brains, intelligence, intelligent design, iPhones, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural causes, natural selection, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicating machines, tornado, unintelligent forces}

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

_{Granville Sewell
March 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Technology

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2023

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, Discovering Intelligent Design, information, information sequence problem, intelligence, Jack Szostak, Long Story Short, machines, molecular machines, Nobel Prize, origin of information, proteins, replication, RNA, RNA world, Scientific American, self-replicating molecule, specified information, Stanley Miller, transcription, translation, UC San Diego}

Long Story Short: The Origin of Replication and the Information Sequence Problem

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2023

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, I attended a seminar taught by Stanley Miller, the famous chemist who put origin-of-life research on the map. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 7, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred North Whitehead, Christianity, creator, faith, Hoover Institution, intelligence, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, materialism, mathematician, Oxford University, Peter Robinson, philosophers, Return of the God Hypothesis, science, scientists, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, Uncommon Knowledge}

Science as “Evidence for a Creator”? Meyer, Lennox, and Behe Discuss

_{David Klinghoffer
February 7, 2023

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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Did scientists like Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton speak easily of God as the intelligence behind nature just because that’s how everyone spoke at the time? Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
February 6, 2023

Categories
Astronomy
Intelligent Design
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, "God of the gaps", chocolate, Columbia University, David Kipping, design detection, Illinois, intelligence, intelligent causation, intelligent design, Lex Fridman, universe}

Watch: Here Are Several Minutes of Design-Detection Brainstorming with Lex Fridman

_{Paul Nelson
February 6, 2023

Astronomy, Intelligent Design, Physical Sciences, Physics

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I’ve never heard such a concise account of the principal methodological difficulties of inferring an unconstrained intelligence as a TESTABLE cause. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
January 17, 2023

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, alligators, anole lizard, asteroid, birds, crocodiles, dinosaurs, intelligence, lizards, mammals, NASA, octopuses, Suzana Herculano-Houzel, theropod, Tyrannosaurus rex, Vanderbilt University}

New Claim: Tyrannosaur Was as Smart as a Monkey

_{Denyse O’Leary
January 17, 2023

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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One researcher argues that, based on bird studies, the huge predators may have had many more brain cells than we have supposed. Read More ›