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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 24, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artwork, books, candor, Casey Luskin, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, evolution, humor, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, Jay Richards, Jody Sjogren, Jonathan Wells, journals, machines, magazines, materialist paradigm, organisms, Paul Nelson, podcast, Richard Sternberg, textbooks, Tom Woodward, visual media}

On Illustrating the Icons of Evolution

_{Andrew McDiarmid
June 24, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Artistic license has been used to promote Darwinian evolution since the late 19th century. Read More ›

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Date
May 15, 2025

Categories
Applied Sciences
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, chatbots, COVID-19, humans, machines}

The AI Delusion: Companies Spending a Lot on It Are Not Seeing a Big Return

_{Science & Culture
May 15, 2025

Applied Sciences, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Bots not only don’t buy things themselves but may be chasing away humans who do. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
April 25, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Mathematics
Science Reporting
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Charles Darwin, children, common descent, devolution, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, Extended Evolutionary Synthesis, factories, headlines, machines, Modern Synthesis, molecules, multiverse, National Geographic, natural genetic engineering, Nature (journal), Neo-Darwinism, parents, Potemkin village, protoplasm}

Darwinism Is a Potemkin Theory of Evolution

_{Michael Behe
April 25, 2025

Evolution, Mathematics, Science Reporting, Scientific Reasoning

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As with the legendary fake villages, evolutionary theory consists of a thin façade cloaking a lack of substance. Read More ›

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Date
April 20, 2025

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, Angus Menuge, animals, artificial intelligence, Benjamin Libet, brain, C. elegans, ChatGPT, computer, Denyse O'Leary, determinism, Dogs, free will, human exceptionalism, Humanize, large language models, machines, Michael Egnor, mind, Minding the Brain, neuroscience, podcast, The Immortal Mind, totalitarianism, Wesley J. Smith}

Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?

_{Science & Culture
April 20, 2025

Human Exceptionalism, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 9, 2025

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, aesthetics, algorithms, articles, artificial intelligence, books, business, Center for Science and Culture, culture, headlines, human exceptionalism, humans, large language models, machines, Microsoft, Microsoft Copilot, Mind Matters, nonsense, Peter Biles, photographs, Plato's Revenge, podcasts, Ted Gioia, writers}

A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 9, 2025

Arts, Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
March 8, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, artificial life, biologic institute, cells, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, genes, ID the Future, Irreducible Complexity, logic, machines, podcast, Research, Richard Sternberg, Smithsonian Institution}

Richard Sternberg on the Information Beyond the Genome

_{Andrew McDiarmid
March 8, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

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There’s “something phenomenal” going on inside the cell, says Dr. Sternberg. Probing and elucidating this mystery has been a focus of his research. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
January 13, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Intelligent Design
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", animals, bears, books, Casey Luskin, chihuahua, DNA, evolution, fiction, Foresight (book), foxes, genes, How Life Works, intelligent design, machines, Marcos Eberlin, meaning, Oskar Schindler, otters, Philip Ball, purpose, relationships, religion, Science and Faith in Dialogue, self-sacrifice, work, writing}

The End of the Machine Metaphor?

_{Emily Reeves
January 13, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Intelligent Design, Reproductive Science

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Rather than purpose deriving from a purposeless process like natural selection, natural selection can only occur when life itself is the result of purpose. Read More ›

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Author
Robert F. Shedinger

Date
September 20, 2024

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Tagged
, Assembly Theory, homochirality, Lee Cronin, Lego blocks, machines, organic molecules, Paul Davies, scientists}

Is Assembling Life Like Assembling LEGOs?

_{Robert Shedinger
September 20, 2024

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

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Unfortunately, Sara Walker provides no clue as to what process does all the “constraining,” “funneling,” and “scaffolding.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
April 1, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aeon, amoeba, biological systems, biology textbooks, cell biology, church, college, computers, cytoplasm, Denis Noble, developmental biologists, egg cell, embryo, factory, feminism, genes, human technology, humanities, humans, ideology, information, intelligent design, machines, Marcello Barbieri, metaphors, nucleus, organelles, post-modernism}

Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

_{Casey Luskin
April 1, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›

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Date
March 31, 2024

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, ChatGPT, college students, education, Futurism, imagination, information, intellect, machines, memory, researchers}

ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance

_{Science & Culture
March 31, 2024

Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Read More ›