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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
January 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Engineering
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Science
Tagged
, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, bats, behavior, fish, hippocampus, homeostasis, information, intelligent design, mammals, navigation, Neural Networks, neurons, Research, self, zebrafish}

Intelligent Design in Animal Self-Location and Navigation

_{Eric Cassell
January 18, 2023

Biology, Engineering, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Science

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A question is whether such mechanisms exist in more ancient brain regions of other animals. A new study has identified a self-location mechanism in zebrafish. Read More ›

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Date
October 15, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, calculus, common ancestor, fish, frogs, geometry, humans, neurons, neuroscience, numbers, zebrafish}

How Frogs and Fish “Count”

_{Science & Culture
October 15, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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We’re beginning to find out more about how animals that don’t really “think” much can keep track of numbers, when needed. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, apes, chimpanzees, Closer to Truth, genomes, illusion, neurons, neuroscience, qualia, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, rocks, self}

Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

_{Denyse O’Leary
September 8, 2022

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Science

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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Read More ›

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Date
August 9, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, Age of Reason, chewing, children, face, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information, neurons, New Scientist, oxygen, reality, researchers, stars, universe, University of Southern California}

Human Brain Shape Has Hardly Changed

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August 9, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The changes in human heads were not driven by a changing brain, researchers say. It was the human face that changed. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
July 13, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, brain, computers, creativity, divine image, Elon Musk, emotion, heart, hormones, humans, humor, machines, mercy, neurons, Non-Computable You, programmers, qualia, religion, Robert J. Marks II, software, soul, Stephen Hawking, understanding}

The Difference Between Humans and Machines

_{Amanda Witt
July 13, 2022

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›

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Date
June 19, 2022

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Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, flies, mice, neurons, neuroscience, neuroscientists, researchers, visual cortex}

Yes, Brains — Like Computers — Have a Low-Power Mode

_{Science & Culture
June 19, 2022

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Sure they do. It makes a lot of sense to conserve power when food supplies are low. Read More ›

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Date
June 13, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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, 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
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, agriculture, algorithms, antennae, ants, brains, cities, computer, computer programmers, E.O. Wilson, eggs, evolutionary biologists, foraging, humans, intelligent design, larvae, mammals, neurons, neuroscience, pheromones, slavery, Stanford University, superorganism}

Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Read More ›

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Author
Eric Cassell

Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, animals, ants, decisions, foraging, heuristic, humans, neurons, pigeons, rationality, rats, risk}

Animal Algorithms: Ant Foraging Is a “Rational” Behavior

_{Eric Cassell
June 1, 2022

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Of course, ants and other animals do not make decisions in a “conscious” manner as humans would. Instead they rely on algorithms. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
May 17, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algebra, ants, brains, counting, fish, honeybees, humans, infants, interpretation, neurons, neuroscience, Venus flytrap}

Claim: Honeybees, “Like Humans,” Can Tell Odd Vs. Even Numbers

_{Denyse O’Leary
May 17, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Ants, fruit flies, and even plants can also calculate but it does not follow that they are conscious of what they are doing. Read More ›