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Johann Sebastian Bach

Carina-Nebula
Photo credit: Carina Nebula, by James Webb Space Telescope via NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

A Living and Symphonic Order — Appreciating Anthony Esolen

I knew I wanted to choose someone who wrote beautifully. He, however, was someone I didn't know, and I could not predict his views on intelligent design. Read More ›
Alpha Centauri
Photo: Alpha Centauri, where aliens come from, by ESO/DSS 2, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design Triangulation: My Thanksgiving Gift to All

Hey — wanna see a talk that combines the following. Black swallowtail butterflies, William Harvey, snarky robotic aliens from Alpha Centauri, and more. Read More ›
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Back-to-Back, Failed Visions of the “Brain as a Supercomputer” 

Douglas Hofstadter argued in much the same vein as Henry Markham, that the brain can be understand in rules-bound machine terms. Read More ›
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Beauty Leads Us Home

Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me? Read More ›
Igor Stravinsky

Robert Marks on the Lovelace Test

Beyond lies the unique realm of the human, no matter what addled things Stephen Hawking may say about computers “replacing” us. Read More ›

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