Tag: languages

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 3, 2025

Categories
Ethics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, assent, cancel culture, citation justice, citations, Diana Kwon, dissent, equity, geography, identity groups, language, languages, library sources, Matilda effect, minorities, Nature (journal), private truth, Research, scholars, transparency}

Oh, Brother: Now It’s Bringing “Equity” to Scientific Citations

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 3, 2025

Ethics, Scientific Reasoning

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Some want “papers to include the proportions of citations in terms of the gender and race or ethnicity of the referenced authors.” Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
August 7, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, cells, chemical processes, codes, dead end, Francis Crick, Hoover Institution, information, intelligent design, James Tour, languages, molecules, origin of life, Peter Robinson, proteins, Richard Dawkins, saccharides, Shannon information, specified complexity, specified information, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer}

From Dead Ends to Design: Meyer and Tour on Life’s Code

_{Andrew McDiarmid
August 7, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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“Molecules,” chemist James Tour notes, “have “no propensity… to move toward life.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 6, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adults, brain, children, English, languages, Real Clear Science, sounds}

Babies and Language: A Surprise Finding?

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 6, 2025

Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Brain and language specialist Eylem Altuntas told us last week that “Babies Learn Language Much Earlier Than We Thought.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 9, 2024

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, chimpanzees, human language, languages, monkeys, neuroscience, University of Portsmouth}

A Mystery: How Human Languages Came to Exist

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 9, 2024

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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Neuroscientists wrestle with human language even more than poets or (for example) English majors do. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 29, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, algorithmic specified complexity, cars, Evolutionary Informatics Lab, Jay Richards, Kolmogorov information, Kraft inequality, languages, No Free Lunch, Philosophia Christi, probabilistic resources, Robert J. Marks II, royal flush, Shannon information, specified complexity, Specified Complexity Made Simple (series), The Design Inference, Winston Ewert}

Specified Complexity as a Unified Information Measure

_{William A. Dembski
February 29, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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The most important take away here is that specified complexity makes Shannon information and Kolmogorov information commensurable. Read More ›

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Date
February 11, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Anthony Esolen, Arabic, artificial intelligence, books, brains, Chinese, Discover Magazine, Dutch, editors, English, evolution, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, languages, linguists, materialist theories, Miami, quantum physics, Scientific American, software, Spanish, writers}

Quorum Sensing: A Clever Trick by Microbes

_{David Coppedge
December 13, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

Robot designers are learning tricks from bacteria: how to communicate with and respond to other unseen members of a swarm. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
July 28, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, codes, DNA, E. coli, endosymbiosis, Eric Bapteste, evolutionary theory, fitness, genetic change, intelligent agents, intelligent design, Kanamycin, languages, molecular biology, mutagenesis, mutations, parasites, species, symbionts, Systems Biology, UV radiation, viruses}

Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”

_{Emily Reeves
July 28, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness. Read More ›