Zernez,_Unterengadin,_Graubünden._20-09-2023._(actm.)_31 Type post Author Andrew McDiarmid Date February 27, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Andrew McDiarmid, Darwinian process, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary process, How Life Works, ID the Future, intelligent design, living systems, machine metaphor, meaning, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, universe, work Meaning and Purpose from a Darwinian Process? Andrew McDiarmid February 27, 2025 Evolution, Intelligent Design 2 Dr. Emily Reeves looks at the top sources of meaning in life, including religion, relationships, and work, and evaluates the evolutionary view of each. Read More ›
kinesin Type post Author Robert F. Shedinger Date September 7, 2023 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Barbara McClintock, cells, Chance and Necessity, circuitry, cognition, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, function, Jacques Monod, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machine, machine metaphor, membranes, molecular biology, nucleic acids, proteins, self-assembly Is the Cell a Machine, or More Like a Mind? Robert Shedinger September 7, 2023 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 7 At least as we’re accustomed to thinking in our age of AI, the alternative to a machine is a mind. Read More ›
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Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 11, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computation, computational processing, consciousness, intentionality, machine cognition, machine metaphor, meaninglessness, methodological materialism, mind-brain problem, self-awareness Your Deluded Brain Thinks It’s Conscious! Michael Egnor July 11, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 6 Nonsense in neuroscience is a deep well. This is just in from Princeton's Michael Graziano. Read More ›
Type post Author Brendan Dixon Date May 20, 2016 CategoriesComputational SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __tedited, brain processes, computational reductionism, human intelligence, human mind, hype, machine metaphor, meat machines, mimicry, Overruling Intelligence No, Your Brain Isn’t a Three-Pound Meat Computer Brendan Dixon May 20, 2016 Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 5 AI machines are more a form of mimicry than anything even approaching intelligence. Read More ›
