Tag: literature

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 7, 2026

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, architecture, art galleries, arts, beauty, behavior, biomaxxing, Bryan Johnson, chromatin, concert halls, culture, DNA, eating, environment, epigenetics, Epigenetics and the Architect, epigenome, exercise, genes, gym, histones, literature, longevity, memory, Michael Denton, museums, music, neurocognitive capacity, Samantha Boardman, stress, Thomas P. Gills, Thomas Woodward, University College London, Wall Street Journal}

Epigenetics and the Arts Lover

_{Peter Biles
August 7, 2026

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Here is yet another clue about how we are both spiritual and physical beings. The two realms are connected in mysterious and remarkable ways. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
July 31, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Linguistics
Tagged
, 404 Media, AI slop, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, books, bots, creativity, Frank Landymore, Futurism, ISBNdb, language, large language models, lawsuits, literature, pirating, rare books, technology, Ted Gioia, writing}

Gutting Old Books to Feed AI: What Could Go Wrong?

_{Peter Biles
July 31, 2026

Computational Sciences, Linguistics

2}

The question is: Who wins? Maybe we should start buying up all the old books before the bots get to them. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
July 14, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Tagged
, A. N. Wilson, artificial intelligence, biography, C. S. Lewis, chatbots, Discovery Institute Press, editing, English authors, literature, magic, science, scientism, The Abolition of Man, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Magician’s Twin}

Who Coined the Phrase “the Magician’s Twin”? The Pitfalls of Relying on AI for Your Facts

_{John G. West
July 14, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science

3}

Many of the chatbots have told me that C. S. Lewis coined the phrase. (Wrong.) When pressed, at least one chatbot insisted it was English author A. N. Wilson. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 6, 2026

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, art, atoms, calculus, Carlo Rovelli, chimpanzees, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Dogs, electrons, great apes, higher power, human consciousness, human language, humans, intelligent design, language, laughter, literature, Michael Egnor, mud, panpsychism, Patricia Churchland, Paul Churchland, sand dollar, speech, squirrels, trees, universe}

Human Consciousness, from Mud to Mind?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 6, 2026

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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If human language — which is unlike any other communication in nature — evolved from something, we simply have no idea what that something is. Read More ›

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Author
John G. West

Date
March 3, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Political Science
Tagged
, atheist, Barack Obama, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, Calvin Coolidge, China, Curtis Yarvin, Declaration of Independence, Elizabeth Powel, endowed by our creator, equality, ethnicity, Founders, Freedom Train, French Revolution, G. K. Chesterton, geography, government, human rights, Independence Hall, liberty, Library of Congress, limited government, literature, National Archives, natural science, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Patrick Deneen, Philadelphia, philosophy, religion, Soviet Union, technocracy, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Constitution, United States, Vishal Mangalwadi}

Science, the Bible, and America’s Creed

_{John G. West
March 3, 2026

Faith & Science, Political Science

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When a wrong turn has been made, sometimes going back is the best way forward. If we want to restore America to health, we need to relearn the creed. Read More ›

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Date
October 21, 2025

Categories
Culture
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, A. N. Whitehead, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, David Galloway, Enlightenment, False Messiah, French Revolution, George Eliot, history, James Le Fanu, literature, Marxism, Michael Behe, Neil Thomas, philosophy of nature, purpose, Steve Fuller, Steve Laufmann, Taking Leave of Darwin, The Origin of Species, Victorian England, William Wordsworth}

New Book: Darwinism as “The God That Failed”

_{Science & Culture
October 21, 2025

Culture, Evolution, History of Science

8}

There is hope for renewal in a flanking movement against materialism — the spiritually charged philosophy of nature in the poetry of William Wordsworth. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
September 25, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Tagged
, alchemy, ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Aristotle, Charles Bradlaugh, Cicero, Enlightenment, Epicurus, evolution, Galen, George Eliot, history, HMS Beagle, intellectual history, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Journal of Researches, literature, Lucretianism, Lucretius, Matthew Arnold, Misia Landau, Origin of Species, philosophy, Plato, Renaissance, seafaring, Tom Wolfe}

Darwin, Faust, and the Alchemist: Unexpected Roots of a Scientific Idea

_{Neil Thomas
September 25, 2025

Arts, Evolution

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Today we would of course brand both Faust and the Alchemist fantasists or “mad scientists” of the first order. Was Darwin prone to such wishful thinking? Read More ›

Old fashioned television set with green screen displaying static noise in a vintage living room with outdated furniture.

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 29, 2025

Categories
Arts
Linguistics
Sociology
Tagged
, Bible, books, censorship, civilization, communication, COVID-19, economy, education, literacy, literature, memory, Newsweek, stories, storytelling, technology, Ted Gioia, television, UnHerd, visual media, young people}

Thanks to Our Screens, Heading Toward a Post-Literate Culture?

_{Peter Biles
August 29, 2025

Arts, Linguistics, Sociology

5}

Whatever one’s opinions regarding solutions for declining literacy rates, people can always start to brew change in their own lives and communities. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Tagged
, art, beauty, death, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, scientism, social media, universe, Wheaton College}

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense

_{Peter Biles
August 21, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution

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Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 2, 2025

Categories
Arts
Evolution
Geology
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Tagged
, beauty, Big Bang, Bijan Nemati, bioethics, biology, Brian Miller, Center for Science and Culture, chemistry, Colorado, computer science, cosmology, Daniel Reeves, Emily Reeves, engineering, evo-devo, evolution, faith and science, geologists, geology, Guillermo Gonzalez, history, ID 3.0, intelligent design, Ivy League, Jay Richards, John West, Jonathan McLatchie, literature, Logan Gage, medicine, Michael Behe, Michael Egnor, multiverse, origin of life, Paul Nelson, physics, Richard Gunasekera, Robert J. Marks, Rocky Mountains, scientocracy, sexuality, society, Stephen Meyer, Summer Seminars, undergraduates, Winston Ewert}

Just Got Back from the Summer Seminars

_{Casey Luskin
July 2, 2025

Arts, Evolution, Geology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy

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As always, this selective program was entirely cost free to participants, thanks to our generous supporters. Read More ›