Tag: Overruling Intelligence

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 24, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, An Elusive Victorian, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Duprétly, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, John Tyndall, Martin Fichman, Max Horkheimer, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Paul Janet, Quarterly Review, scientism, St. George Mivart, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
November 24, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered? Read More ›

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post

Date
September 30, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Tagged
, abstract thought, Alfred Russel Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace: A Rediscovered Life, Charles Darwin, gaps, human beings, human uniqueness, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, music, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, principle of utility}

Alfred Russel Wallace’s Case for an “Overruling Intelligence”

_{Science and Culture
September 30, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics

2}

When Wallace broke with Charles Darwin in 1869, it was over the nature of human beings. Read More ›

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post

Date
September 18, 2023

Categories
Biology
Chemistry
Cosmology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, human origins, ID the Future, intellectual history, intelligent design, Michael Flannery, Michael Keas, natural selection, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast}

How Evolutionary Theory’s Co-Founder Broke with Darwin

_{Science and Culture
September 18, 2023

Biology, Chemistry, Cosmology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

Unlike Darwin, Wallace thought that biology, chemistry, and cosmology proclaimed clear evidence of intelligent design. Read More ›

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Date
December 11, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, history, ID the Future, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Michael Flannery, natural selection, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, Quarterly Review, The Universe Next Door, Tom Woodward}

Listen: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace

_{Science and Culture
December 11, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

1}

How did Charles Darwin react to Wallace’s argument for design? Historian Michael Flannery joins Tom Woodward to explain. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
November 11, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Duke of Argyll, Galen, ideology, intelligent evolution, Joseph Hooker, medicine, Overruling Intelligence, phlogiston, physical chemistry, Quarterly Review, Science, The Malay Archipelago, X Club}

What We Can Learn from Darwin

_{Michael Flannery
November 11, 2020

Evolution

4}

We hear a lot of talk these days about “following the science.” But science rarely speaks with one unified voice. Read More ›

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Date
September 4, 2020

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, evolution, evolutionists, Herbert Spencer, historiography, intelligent design, intelligent evolution, Jerry Coyne, John Tyndall, natural theology, Overruling Intelligence, The World of Life, Thomas Henry Huxley, William A. Dembski}

A. R. Wallace Is Evolution’s Last Man Standing

_{Science and Culture
September 4, 2020

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Only Wallace’s postulation of an “Overruling Intelligence” to explain the complexities of humanity and nature has stood the test of time. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 20, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, black holes, Charles Darwin, evidence, evolution, evolutionary theory, ID the Future, intelligent design, just-so stories, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, principle of utility, Wesley Smith}

Wallace Broke with Darwin Over Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
August 20, 2018

Evolution, Human Exceptionalism

2}

Alfred Russel Wallace reasoned his way to affirmation of an “Overruling Intelligence” — intelligent design by another name — at work in the long history of life. Read More ›

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post

Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
August 9, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin, climate change, cosmos, evolution, history, ID the Future, ideology, intelligent design, life, Michael Flannery, Mike Keas, Nature's Prophet, Overruling Intelligence, podcast, science, science denial, scientism, Thomas Henry Huxley, University of Alabama Press, X Club}

New Book Offers History as an Antidote to the Paralyzing “Science-Denier” Label

_{David Klinghoffer
August 9, 2018

Intelligent Design

3}

Whether the subject is evolution or climate change, the purpose of accusing someone of “science-denial” is to keep that person in line. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Flannery

Date
August 1, 2018

Categories
Evolution
History of Science
Tagged
, __nedited, Alfred Russel Wallace, An Elusive Victorian, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Duprétly, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, John Tyndall, Martin Fichman, Max Horkheimer, natural theology, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Paul Janet, Quarterly Review, scientism, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club}

The Outsider: Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era

_{Michael Flannery
August 1, 2018

Evolution, History of Science

12}

As I asked in a previous post: Why is Alfred Russel Wallace today a comparatively little known figure next to Darwin? Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
June 7, 2016

Categories
Computational Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __tedited, algorithms, artificial general intelligence, computational power, expertise, human intelligence, human mind, intelligence, machine intelligence, meaninglessness, Overruling Intelligence, Watson}

Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI

_{Brendan Dixon
June 7, 2016

Computational Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

8}

It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant. Read More ›