Tag: movies

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 12, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Aleksander Oparin, amino acids, articles, atmosphere, cartoons, cross-reactions, David Coppedge, evolution, Icons of Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, movies, myths, natural selection, origin of life, peppered moth, podcast, scientific journals, spark inception conditions, The Origin of Life (book), Zombie Science}

Evolution’s Stubborn Icons: Peppered Moths and Miller-Urey Still Shambling Along

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 12, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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By now, you might think that the icons of evolution that Dr. Jonathan Wells wrote about 24 years ago have been put out of our misery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 5, 2025

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, bat, books, chimp, China, computer program, data, dog, Human, Immanuel Kant, Johns Hopkins University, Jorge Luis Borges, loss, love, memories, Ming Dynasty, mortality, movies, neuroscience, philosophy, quantum realm, Ray Kurzweil, reason, simulation, The Immortal Mind, The Rigor of Angels, Thomas Nagel, Werner Heisenberg, William Egginton}

Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 5, 2025

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
August 21, 2025

Categories
Cultural Anthropology
Evolution
Tagged
, adventure, art, beauty, betrayal, Beyond the Story, Christina Bieber Lake, death, duty, Englishmen, evolution, fiction, honor, human life, human nature, James Matthew Wilson, Kenneth Grahame, literature, love, machines, meaning, movies, philosophers, pornography, Roger Scruton, romance, scientism, social media, The Wind in the Willows, TV shows, universe, Wheaton College}

In a Materialistic Universe, Literature Doesn’t Make Sense

_{Peter Biles
August 21, 2025

Cultural Anthropology, Evolution

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Some assume humanity’s longstanding appreciation for art, be it literary, visual, or musical, has evolutionary groundings. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 17, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Science Reporting
Tagged
, activism, COVID-19, Democrats, endorsements, filmmakers, Hollywood, Kamala Harris, March for Science, money, moviemakers, movies, National Review, Nature (journal), Politics, public health, Republicans, Scientific American, sex, Wesley Smith}

Weaponizing Science, Journals Indulge in Political Partisanship

_{David Klinghoffer
September 17, 2024

Bioethics, Science Reporting

3}

I would say the same thing if they abused the name of science to wrap a Republican, or a Democrat, in it. Read More ›

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Author
Geoffrey Simmons

Date
July 17, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, blood vessels, brain, cells, chromosomes, digestive enzymes, DNA, Doctor's Diary (series), Dubai, enzymes, evolution, genetic disease, genetic instructions, heart, human body, intelligent design, Library of Congress, movies, nano-machines, Nautilus, New York City, nourishment, proteins, RNA, stem-cell, submarine, supplies}

Doctor’s Diary: A Truly Fantastic Voyage!

_{Geoffrey Simmons
July 17, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The old movie mostly dealt with the brain, lung, heart, blood vessels (all at the tissue level) and a few scattered cells. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
May 11, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, apes, Charles Darwin, chimpanzees, civilization, culture, eagles, film, franchise, humans, intelligence, knowledge, movies, On the Origin of Species, orangutan, pandemic, Planet of the Apes, tyranny, universe, viruses}

An Ape with Evolution on His Mind

_{Peter Biles
May 11, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution, Human Origins and Anthropology

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“Are you familiar with the concept of evolution?” asks the ape leader who is bent on raising himself to the level of the human. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
April 14, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Big Science, Elon Musk, entertainment, evolution, film, movies, Neuralink, New York City, parasite, Sam Altman, Spider-Man, transhumanism}

Science Gone Wrong, Thanks to a Hasty Transhumanist

_{Peter Biles
April 14, 2024

Bioethics, Evolution

4}

“40,000 years of evolution and we’ve barely even tapped the vastness of human potential." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 14, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, chimpanzees, culture, David Barash, Denyse O'Leary, Disney, fiction, fungi, horror, human beings, humans, humanzee, lyrics, materialism, movies, Museum of Natural History, mushrooms, music, nihilism, Periodic Table, Pinocchio, Seattle, soul, stardust, stars, supernova, University of Washington, Victor Davis Hanson, young people}

Humans and Fungi: In Wish, Disney Goes to War on Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
December 14, 2023

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Dismantling the discontinuity of humans with nature is the goal of a cheery, innocent-sounding Disney song. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 20, 2023

Categories
Computational Sciences
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brian Miller, Conservation of Information, Darth Vader, death, Design Inference, education, father, Forensics, freedom, humans, ID the Future, intelligent design, investigation, Luke Skywalker, movie reference, movies, murder, natural causes, pattern, podcast, relationships, The Design Inference, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

A New Design Inference for a New Generation

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 20, 2023

Computational Sciences, Intelligent Design

3}

Is there an empirical method to determine whether a system is the product of chance or design? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 18, 2023

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, After Death, autoscopy, Christianity, death, documentaries, faith and science, Hamlet, health, Heaven, life, love, materialists, medicine, movies, naturalism, near-death experiences, neurosurgeons, religion, suicide, theology, William Shakespeare}

After Death — A Riveting Glimpse of the Hereafter

_{David Klinghoffer
October 18, 2023

Faith & Science, Medicine

4}

There sure are a lot more things about reality than are captured by a narrow naturalistic view. Read More ›