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Recognizing Design by a “Purposeful Arrangement of Parts”

A correspondent asked about “specified complexity” and the intelligent design of the eye. Read More ›
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If IQ Is Inherited, Is the Intellect Simply Material?

The widely accepted heritability of IQ — between 57 percent and 80 percent in twin studies — is strong evidence for the materiality of the intellect. Read More ›
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Why Computers Will Likely Never Perform Abductive Inferences

If you are going to get a computer to achieve anything like understanding in some subject area, it needs a lot of knowledge. Read More ›
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The Myth of “Deep Learning”

This is pathetic, and this is what is supposed to lay waste and supersede human intelligence? Read More ›
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Edgar Allan Poe — Scientist

In order to think scientifically, you must have an advanced degree in science. Right? Read More ›
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Listen: Mathematician Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Incompleteness … and Children

Chaitin discusses his beginnings in computer science, growing up in the 1960s a stone’s throw from Central Park, historic scientists in his field, and more. Read More ›
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Stephen Meyer and J. P. Moreland Take on Theistic Evolution and Materialism

They also answer logical challenges directed at intelligent design theory and highlight crucial problems with thinking that science thrives best on its own. Read More ›
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Michael Ruse on Purpose: A Conflicted Response

Whatever else might be said of Ruse and his work, like all his books this one is worth having on the shelf. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: A Look Back at Paley and Hume

Dr. Richards addresses David Hume’s critique of analogical arguments like those used by William Paley. Read More ›

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