Tag: reasoning

Glowing brain on computer motherboard with a central microchip, symbolizing artificial intelligence and advanced computing capabilities. AI technology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 27, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, behaviorism, binary logic, body chemistry, brainstem, cerebral cortex, computation, computers, consciousness, Dogs, Dorothea Olkowski, emotion, frogs, hemorrhage, human consciousness, hydrancephaly, hydrocephalus, Jaak Panksepp, language, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mark Solms:, Michael Egnor, mistakes, near-death experiences, neocortex, neuromodulators, philosophers, reasoning, University of Colorado}

Could This Be One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 27, 2026

Computational Sciences, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Actually, computers aren’t even the sort of thing for which consciousness is relevant. Dogs are, and maybe frogs, but not computers. Read More ›

Two scientists wear futuristic goggles, analyze complex data on transparent screen. Work together in modern lab, conducting research, development. Advanced tech helps innovation, showing digital info

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 22, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Education
Tagged
, argumentation, Casey Petroff, Claude Shannon, consilience, cosmology, cosmos, engineering, evolutionary biology, Gary King, information theory, intelligent design, James Evans, Jonathan Osborne, life, molecular biology, paleontology, reasoning, Science (journal), Science & Education, science education, scientific fields, scientific knowledge, scientific literacy, Stanford University}

Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

_{Casey Luskin
July 22, 2026

Intelligent Design, Science Education

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I’m sure the authors of these papers didn’t mean to pay ID any compliments, but everything we’ve seen here closely tracks with intelligent design literature. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 9, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, apologetics, biochemistry, blind physical processes, brain, chemical reactions, Christianity, cognition, Dallas, Daniel Dennett, ID the Future, inference, intentionality, ions, knowledge, meaning, mind, naturalism, neurons, philosophers, rationality, reasoning, Rebekah Valerius, scientific inquiry, Shadowlands Dispatch, truth, universal acid, universe}

Can You Trust Your Thoughts? The Argument from Reason and Its Implications for Darwinism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 9, 2026

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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If human thoughts are merely the result of blind physical processes, then there is no logical basis for trusting our own minds. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
July 7, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Psychology
Tagged
, contemplation, courage, creativity, Declaration of Independence, dehumanization, designer, etymonline.com, faith, free will, freedom, friction, happiness, hope, human beings, humankind, humanness, humans, individuality, intuition, Karl Jaspers, liberty, life, love, Man in the Modern Age, meaning, Nicolai Berdyaev, organization, philosophers, presence, reasoning, relationship, resistance, spontaneity, surprise, technology, transcendence, virtuousness}

Endowed with Spontaneity: Celebrating Human Freedom

_{Andrew McDiarmid
July 7, 2026

Faith & Science, Psychology

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That’s 1930s-German-philosopher-speak for the power and freedom human beings have to know themselves, be known to others, and be active agents in the world. Read More ›

Car crash night scene with police car in the background

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Author
Tova Levengood

Date
April 6, 2026

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, baptism, biological origins, car crash, careers, Center for Science and Culture, confirmation, courage to speak, death, donors, drugs, evolution, faith and science, gifts, Goliath, grief, hospital, ID the Future, intelligent design, King David, love, materialism, Michael Behe, nursery tales, reasoning, Roman Catholics, scholars, Science and Culture Today, scientists, Stephen Meyer}

Because of Hannah: A Story of Faith Lost and Regained

_{Tova Levengood
April 6, 2026

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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The next morning on his way to work, Aaron drove past the accident site. Something stirred in him, and he found himself crying intensely. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
February 25, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Human Exceptionalism
Tagged
, animals, arithmetic, artificial inteligence, attention, bigram model, Claude, Claude Shannon, coherence, comprehension, computer code, conversations, Data Processing Inequality, disinformation, embedding, English, fish, food, functional capability, games, generative AI systems, GPT-5, humans, incompleteness theorem, information theory, Kurt Gödel, large language models, mathematical reasoning, model collapse, music, numbers, pixels, poetry, processing, prompts, reasoning, René Magritte, semantics, statistical patterns, syntax, The Treachery of Images, tokens, vectors, video, William Shakespeare, word approximation, words}

Why AI Can’t Replace Us Functionally

_{George Montañez
February 25, 2026

Computational Sciences, Human Exceptionalism

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The map is not the territory. The symbol is not the thing. And the model is not the mind. Read More ›

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
February 9, 2026

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
Science Education
Tagged
, A Nation at Risk, abstraction, Alex Thomas, American Mathematical Society, Beatles, Bolivia, calculus, Chicago, Claremont Graduate University, compassion, competence, courage, CRISPR, Critical Mathematics Pedagogy, Defying Low Expectations, designer babies, discipline, East Los Angeles, education, Edward James Olmos, Escalante: The Best Teacher in America, Gale Pooley, Garfield High School, George Martin, Henry Gradillas, Hispanics, inference, information, Inkwell Press, intelligence, intelligence quotient, intelligent design, Jaime Escalante, Jay Mathews, Jerry Jesness, Kappan Magazine, Lewis Terman, Los Angeles, Mary Poplin, mathematics, modeling, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, probability, Programme for International Student Assessment, reasoning, Roland Fryer, search space, Stand and Deliver, standards, test scores, University of Chicago, Wall Street Journal, William James}

Jaime Escalante: Why a Heroic Teacher Matters to Intelligent Design

_{William A. Dembski
February 9, 2026

Intelligent Design, Mathematics, Science Education

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Anyone who has studied the history of IQ testing and eugenics will recognize the weaponization of low expectations against people deemed inferior. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 7, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, boogeyman, Charles Darwin, COVID-19, Darwinian evolution, democracy, disciplines, Elay Shech, evidence, experts, Follow the Experts, Housing First, ID the Future, intelligent design, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Choe, lockdowns, New York Times, philosophy of science, pseudoscience, reasoning, reliability, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., scientific method, Seattle, Signature in the Cell, skepticism, Stephen Meyer, Steve Fuller, trust}

Experts, Non-Experts, and the Wrong Experts

_{David Klinghoffer
January 7, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Scientific Reasoning

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Philosopher of science Elay Shech gives RFK Jr. grief for a statement back in August that “Science is always evolving.” Read More ›

Male lawyer working with clients in office, closeup

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
October 9, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Legal Science (jurisprudence)
Tagged
, attorneys, Barry Arrington, Big Bang, Casey Luskin, Colorado House of Representatives, Darwinism, evidence, ID the Future, ideas, intelligent design, Ockham’s razor, Phillip E. Johnson, podcast, quantum mechanics, reasoning, Unforgetting God}

An Attorney Weighs the Evidence for ID

_{Andrew McDiarmid
October 9, 2025

Intelligent Design, Legal Science (jurisprudence)

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Attorneys are skilled in evaluating evidence and making ideas easier to understand, two skills that come in handy when assessing scientific theories as well. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, Allan CP, atheists, biology textbooks, Charles Darwin, evolution, evolutionists, faith and science, Jerry Coyne, reasoning, religious tradition, Richard Dawkins, science, Stephen Dilley, textbooks, The Science Dilemma, theology}

Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

_{David Klinghoffer
July 28, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science, Scientific Reasoning

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That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Read More ›