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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 29, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, artificial intelligence, books, brain, brain function, Discovery Institute, eyes, hands, human beings, insults, Jeffrey Shallit, learning, legs, lungs, machines, materialism, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, Neural Networks, organs, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Versus Shallit: Can Brains Learn?

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September 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Egnor he nails it by noting that Shallit, not uniquely, falls victim to the mereological fallacy. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2018

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __edited, altruism, animals, artificial intelligence, bonobos, Carl Zimmer, evolution, humans, intellect, just-so stories, machines, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, tools, will}

Michael Egnor on Animal Generosity

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September 22, 2018

Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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The failure to understand the gulf that separates humans from animals, and humans from machines, is a source of confusion to rival almost any other. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 4, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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, __k-review, Claude Shannon, creativity, Discovery Institute, economics, George Gilder, Google, information theory, Karl Marx, knowledge, machines, money, Silicon Valley, Wall Street Journal, William Blake}

Life After Google — Gilder’s Vision

_{David Klinghoffer
September 4, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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It’s the quality of vision that’s most painfully lacking in our intellectual and moral leaders, not merely diverse or polymathic knowledge Read More ›

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Date
September 1, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
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, __edited, Andrew McDiarmid, artificial intelligence, consciousness, ID the Future, machines, robots, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

Bill Dembski on the AI Boogeyman, and the Real AI Danger

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September 1, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

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“The real worry,” Dembski says, “isn’t that we’ll raise machines to our level, but that we’ll lower humanity to the level of machines.” Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 23, 2018

Categories
Biology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __k-review, Aristotle, artificial intelligence, astrophysics, Big Bang, Brian Greene, determinism, free will, John Bell, machines, materialism, nature, particles, quantum mechanics, quantum theory, Singularity, UC Berkeley, Werner Heisenberg}

Is Free Will an Illusion?

_{Michael Egnor
July 23, 2018

Biology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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if we are wholly matter, and matter is wholly governed by physical law, there is no room for free will. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
July 18, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, computers, education, entrepreneurship, humans, intelligence, machines, Mind Matters, René Descartes, Robert J. Marks II, William A. Dembski}

Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

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July 18, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, artificial intelligence, China, dystopia, economics, future, Great Minds with Michael Medved, humans, Jay Richards, machines, Michael Medved, middle class, prestige, robots, smart machines, The Human Advantage, unemployment}

Richards, Medved: Sex Robots and the Future “Smart Machine” Dystopia

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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There are some definite “Stop the world, I want to get off” moments in the new Great Minds with Michael Medved podcast from Discovery Institute. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, adenosine triphosphate, Ann Gauger, ATP synthase, Berra's Blunder, biosynthesis, Bruce Alberts, Casey Luskin, causal circularity, Charles Darwin, Corvette, cysteine, Daniel Nicholson, DNA, Immanuel Kant, kinesin, laptop computer, machines, Massimo Pigliucci, molecular machines, National Academy of Sciences, Phillip E. Johnson, René Descartes, Ribosome, RNA, Tim Berra}

Design in Living Things Goes Far Beyond Machines

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June 13, 2018

Intelligent Design

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

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 6, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), cells, intelligent design, machines, molecular biology, National Academy of Sciences, organisms, protein folding, protein machines, proteins, Stony Brook University}

Biophysicist Ken Dill: Protein Machines Are “Real Machines. That’s Not a Metaphor”

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June 6, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Technology

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The implication of design, while no doubt unintended, is so powerful it almost doesn’t need to be spelled out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, machines, media, Michael Egnor, Microsoft, Museum of Flight, privacy, Research, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, Stony Brook University, Texas A&M, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski}

New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

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June 5, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›