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Author
Robert J. Marks II

Date
June 28, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Ada Lovelace, Alan Turing, chatbot, computer science, computers, creativity, English, Eugene Goostman, Go (game), Lord Byron, machines, Non-Computable You, programmers, Selmer Bringsjord, software, The Imitation Game, Turing test}

Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?

_{Robert J. Marks II
June 28, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Lady Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, was the first computer programmer. Read More ›

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Author
Granville Sewell

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Physics
Reproductive Science
Technology
Tagged
, airplanes, cars, computers, duplication errors, engineers, evolution, intelligent design, machines, mathematician, nuclear power plants, planets, science texts, self-replicating machines, smart phones, unintelligent forces}

More on Self-Replicating Machines

_{Granville Sewell
June 27, 2022

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Physics, Reproductive Science, Technology

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We know how to build a simple Ford Model T car. Now let’s build a factory inside this car, so that it can produce Model T cars automatically. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, LaMDA, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut}

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, brain, Carnegie Mellon University, consciousness, feedback loops, information, machines, materialism, mind, neurons, neuroscientists, Santa Fe Institute, self, self-reference, split brain}

Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness?

_{Science & Culture
June 13, 2022

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, algorithms, Big Tech, Brave New World, Davos, drugs, eugenics, gene editing, machines, nihilism, technocrats, transhumanism, universities, Yuval Harari}

Transhumanism Is Pure Eugenics

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 27, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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Israeli philosophy professor Yuval Harari is one of the movement’s chief proselytizers. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Charles Townes, complex specified information, complexity, DNA, information, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, irreducibly complex systems, machines, molecular machines, Mount Rainier, Mount Rushmore, nature, Nobel laureates, Pacific Northwest, poker, programming, proteins, royal flush, scientific method, South Dakota, U.S. Presidents, volcano}

What Is Intelligent Design and How Should We Defend It?

_{Casey Luskin
December 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Intelligent design is a scientific theory that holds that many features of the universe and living things are best explained by an intelligent cause. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
May 17, 2021

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", bioengineering, biological information, chance, engineers, Erika DeBenedictis, intelligent design, machines, MIT, Natural Sciences, TEDx talk}

Should Scientists Play God? MIT Biological Engineer Says YES!

_{Emily Reeves
May 17, 2021

Biology, Intelligent Design

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The design hypothesis is not currently the consensus. However, as young scientists, we should courageously question what we are told. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
April 19, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, abduction, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, chatbot, Chinese Room, computers, Elon Musk, Erik Larson, Eugene Goostman, Google, intelligence, John Searle, machine learning, machines, Michael Denton, Microsoft, Nick Bostrom, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence, The Singularity is Near, Thomas Ray}

Artificial Intelligence: Unseating the Inevitability Narrative

_{William A. Dembski
April 19, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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World-class chess, Go, and Jeopardy-playing programs are impressive, but they prove nothing about whether computers can be made to achieve AGI. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 4, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, cells, Charles Darwin, Darwinism, Discovery Institute Press, Eric Anderson, evolution, Evolution and Intelligent Design in a Nutshell, information, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, junk DNA, machines, Paul Chien, Robert Alston, Robert Waltzer}

Lincoln, Darwin, and ID in a Nutshell

_{David Klinghoffer
February 4, 2021

Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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The comparison between Lincoln and Darwin is noteworthy. The words of the former are immortal, of the latter...increasingly evident in their mortality. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 1, 2021

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain function, comatose, consciousness, Discovery Institute, dreams, drugs, ether, injury, machines, mechanical philosophy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, persistent vegetative state, phlogiston, sleep, unconsciousness, Walter Bradley Center}

Seven Reasons the Soul Can’t Be Turned “Off”

_{David Klinghoffer
February 1, 2021

Neuroscience & Mind

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Neuroscientist Michael Egnor notes that the idea of consciousness is "empty," much like the idea of "natural selection" in evolution. Read More ›