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August 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
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, Andrew McDiarmid, evolution, ID the Future, materialism, naturalism, Naturalistic Parabola, Paul Nelson, podcast, scientists}

Paul Nelson: Freeing Minds Trapped in a Naturalistic Parabola

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August 14, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science

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Philosopher of biology Paul Nelson talks with host Andrew McDiarmid about pursuing intelligent design theory in a science culture committed to naturalism. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 13, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, BBC, bees, consciousness, Dogs, dopamine, intelligence, James Shapiro, Lars Chittka, materialism, New Scientist, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, sensations, The Scientist, University of Chicago, waggle dance}

What Is It Like to Be a Bee?

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 13, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What, exactly, does “consciousness” or “feel and think” mean when applied to a bee? This usage is no remote outpost. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Political Science
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, culture, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, Darwin Day in America, Darwinism, human dignity, ID the Future, John West, materialism, nature, podcast, scientific racism, Western culture}

John West: Darwin’s Corrosive Idea

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July 31, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution, Political Science

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Darwin’s materialistic theory of evolution drained meaning from nature, undercut the idea of inherent human dignity, and fueled the rise of scientific racism. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 13, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer science, computers, Dallas Conference on Science and Faith, faith, human beings, J. Budziszewski, John West, materialism, media, Non-Computable You, public education, public policy, Robert J. Marks II, scientists, William A. Dembski, YouTube videos}

Marks, Dembski: AI Hype and the “Illusion of Possibility”

_{David Klinghoffer
July 13, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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The materialist agenda is served by AI hype, while the human mission is damaged. And that is what is at stake. Read More ›

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Date
July 10, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Evolution
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, Casey Luskin, criminals, evil, evolution, free will, good, Holocaust, humans, ID the Future, Jerry Coyne, materialism, Michael Egnor, morality, Nazis, neurosurgery, podcast}

Evolution and the Disturbing Consequences of Denying Free Will

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July 10, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Evolution

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How can an evolutionist such as Jerry Coyne condemn even something as manifestly heinous as the Nazi Holocaust? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 21, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Bill Gates, computers, computing, consciousness, cosmos, creativity, culture, Elon Musk, evolution, free will, Homo Deus, humans, intelligence, intelligent design, materialism, Neural Networks, New York Times, Non-Computable You, Psalms, qualia, Stephen Hawking, The Economist, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Yuval Noah Harari}

New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

_{David Klinghoffer
June 21, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” 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
Neil Thomas

Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Animal Liberation, Anthony Flew, consciousness, Darwin, David Bentley Hart, David Hume, deism, Donald Hoffman, Erasmus Darwin, Europeans, evolution, Francis Crick, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Lawrence Krauss, Lucretius, materialism, Michael Ruse, mind, natural selection, natural theology, neuroscience, On the Origin of Species, Peter Singer, Racism, rationalism, Richard Dawkins, Richard Rorty, Stephen Hawking, Thomas Huxley, Tom Wolfe}

How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

_{Neil Thomas
June 13, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›

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Author
Neil Thomas

Date
June 10, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Aristotle, biosphere, Charles Lyell, Democritus, Empedocles, Epicurus, Erasmus Darwin, evolution, Georges Cuvier, Greece, Homo sapiens, intelligent design, Joseph Hooker, Loren Eiseley, materialism, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Patrick Matthew, pigeons, Rome, Royal Society, Samuel Haughton, Thomas Malthus, Victorian England, Whitwell Elwin}

Meet Samuel Haughton, Darwin’s First Scientific Critic

_{Neil Thomas
June 10, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin reports Haughton’s verdict as having been that “all that was new in there was false, and what was true was old.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 21, 2022

Categories
Cosmology
Faith & Science
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, aliens, atheism, creator, digital code, DNA, intelligent design, materialism, multiverse, Ockham’s razor, parallel universes, popular culture, Return of the God Hypothesis, scientific atheism, scientists, The Daily Wire}

Meyer: Theistic Implications of the Multiverse

_{David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2022

Cosmology, Faith & Science, Physical Sciences

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"As for the Multiverse, even sci-fi writers now recognize that if such a thing exists, it would still require an ultimate Creator." Read More ›