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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

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Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, __edited, atheism, Bill Nye, brain, cosmic fine-tuning, hallucination, illusion, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, reality, science, Science Uprising, self-hatred, social psychology, Steven Novella, Yale University}

What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 25, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __edited, abstract thought, brain, critics, materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, nature, Neil deGrasse Tyson, neuroscience, Plato, science, Science Uprising, Stony Brook University, truth}

Science Uprising — Michael Egnor Responds to a (Thoughtful) Critic

_{David Klinghoffer
June 25, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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“Although higher thought is not localizable to one region of the brain, it may be distributed to neurons throughout the brain.” Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
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, __k-review, abiogenesis, Bill Gates, Cornelius Hunter, Craig Venter, Denyse O'Leary, DNA, James Tour, Mind Matters, Richard Dawkins, RNA, RNA world, Science Uprising, software}

Seeking a Way Around RNA World, New Study Only Increases Perplexity of Abiogenesis

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2019

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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The origin of biological information is a mystery not so much highlighted by a comparison with software as downplayed by it. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 19, 2019

Categories
Arts
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, algorithms, Apple, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Donald Trump, Florida, human beings, insight, inspiration, machine learning, Mind Matters, music, Nike, serendipity}

Strong Campaign Slogans? Winning Tag Lines? Don’t Ask AI

_{David Klinghoffer
June 19, 2019

Arts, Neuroscience & Mind

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I watched a bit of President Trump’s campaign launch rally in Orlando last night and found it interesting to see him crowd-testing campaign slogans. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, artificial intelligence, humans, hype, intelligent design, materialism, Mind Matters, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Science Uprising, Walter Bradley Center}

Robert Marks: Materialism and the AI Delusion

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2019

Neuroscience & Mind

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Since humans are only the “result of purposeless, as-yet-unidentified physical phenomena,” machine are not in any way blocked from becoming what we are and much, much more. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 1, 2019

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

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
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 31, 2019

Categories
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, abstractions, animals, Darwinian theory, humans, Jeffrey Shallit, mathematician, mercy, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, neuroscience}

More on Animals and Their “Reasoning”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 31, 2019

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Whether your dog can philosophize is not a puzzle you need to look to the Oxford English Dictionary to resolve. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 28, 2019

Categories
Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bonobos, evolution, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, multiverse, neuroscience, Paris, professors, satire, Walter Bradley Center}

Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo

_{David Klinghoffer
May 28, 2019

Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning

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“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 24, 2019

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, __k-review, abstract thought, atheism, Darwinian mechanism, evolution, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, physical objects, puppy}

Why Human Reason Didn’t “Evolve”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 24, 2019

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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Egnor: “Think of the irony: a professor of philosophy, who is paid only to reason, uses reason to argue against reason. Welcome to the bowels of atheist metaphysics.” Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 30, 2019

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, __k-review, 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 ›