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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
June 21, 2019

Categories
Arts
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Darwin, chromosomes, DNA, earth, English, eukaryotes, genomes, intelligent design, introns, machines, Middle Ages, mitochondria, natural theology, non-coding DNA, nucleus, Prague, proteins, RNA, stars, Stephen Jay Gould, sunset, transcripts, William Paley}

A Watch on a Heath — But What a Watch!

_{Ann Gauger
June 21, 2019

Arts, Intelligent Design

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Recently I had the opportunity to see Prague’s famed astronomical clock, the oldest still-working astronomical clock in the world. It is truly phenomenal. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2019

Categories
Arts
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __nedited, artificial intelligence, Charles Darwin, CNN, computer, creativity, extrapolation, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, machines, Mind Matters, MIT, Neural Networks, neuroscience, Robert J. Marks II, rules}

Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

_{David Klinghoffer
June 1, 2019

Arts, Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›

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Author
Walter Myers III

Date
May 8, 2019

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
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, __k-review, Aristotle, Christianity, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, David Berlinski, foresight, Galileo Galilei, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, James Barham, Johannes Kepler, machines, Marcos Eberlin, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Robert Boyle, Saint Augustine, Science & Culture Network, The Edge of Evolution}

On Book Tour, Marcos Eberlin Sparks Thought About the ID Movement

_{Walter Myers III
May 8, 2019

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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During the Q&A, an attendee asked why intelligent design proponents don’t just come out and explicitly say the designer is God. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, advanced technology, Arthur C. Clarke, artificial intelligence, computers, consciousness, Ed Feser, foresight, genius, intelligence, machines, magic, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, natural selection, neuroscience}

Artificial Intelligence as a “Magic Act”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 30, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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The error is not completely different from imagining that natural selection really can do what creative intelligence — foresight! — can do. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
April 29, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, 3D printing, Alexander Tsiaras, birth, clocks, computer programs, conception, Darwin Devolves, Darwinism, duplication errors, engineers, humans, Irreducible Complexity, machines, Michael Behe, natural selection, René Descartes, science fiction, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicators, Wikipedia}

In Search of Self-Replicating Clocks

_{Granville Sewell
April 29, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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That Darwinism seems even superficially plausible depends completely on the ability of living things to reproduce themselves without significant degradation. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 18, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Bradley Center, computers, Dallas, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, future, George Gilder, Jay Richards, machines, meat machines, Robert J. Marks II, robots}

Richards: False Prophecies of a Robotic Future Are Based on a False Darwinian Premise

_{David Klinghoffer
April 18, 2019

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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The rejoinder to this way of thinking, which Jay Richards expresses with wonderful concision, is that humans possess a unique capacity forever setting us apart from machines. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 26, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, ATP synthase, BackReaction, bacterial flagellum, biologists, cells, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinian evolution, E. coli, Encyclopedia Britannica, Evolution (journal), fiber optic cables, genes, Greg Lang, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Clerk Maxwell, Lehigh University, Lost in Math, machines, molecular machines, Mr. Spock, Nature (journal), Nobel Prize, On the Origin of Species, organisms, planthopper, proteins, public opinion, Richard Lenski, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientists, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 3

_{Michael Behe
March 26, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Perhaps the evidence for the vast scope of Darwin’s theory really isn’t as strong as biologists over the years have been telling each other. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 22, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Amber Rice, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, degradative mutations, DNA, DNA repair, Dogs, E. coli, evolution, Evolution (journal), First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, genes, glucose, Greg Lang, Journal of Molecular Evolution, laboratory, Lehigh University, Lenski lab, loss-of-function mutations, machines, malaria, microbes, nature, Plasmodium falciparum, polar bear, proteins, Richard Lenski, wooly mammoth, yeast}

A Response to My Lehigh Colleagues, Part 1

_{Michael Behe
March 22, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Their review pretty much completely misses the mark. Nonetheless, it is a good illustration of how sincere-yet-perplexed professional evolutionary biologists view the data. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
February 15, 2019

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Corvette, Daniel Nicholson, Darwinism, evolution, Immanuel Kant, intelligent design, kinesin, machine metaphor, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, organisms, Phillip E. Johnson, philosophy of biology, protein machines, proteins, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, software, Tim Berra, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

Why the Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machinery

_{Jonathan Wells
February 15, 2019

Biology, Intelligent Design

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French philosopher René Descartes conceived of living things as complex machines, a concept now known as the “machine metaphor.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 29, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Great Minds with Michael Medved, HAL 9000, imitation, innovation, machines, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Turing Machine, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

_{David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›