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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, LaMDA, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut}

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
June 11, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, California, fish, hair cells, intelligent design, Lake Malawi, Living Waters, marine biology, Nature Communications, NOAA, Science (journal), Stanford University, toxins, University of Minnesota, Wikipedia}

Lateral Line: A “Sixth Sense” for Fish (And Other Cool Tricks)

_{David Coppedge
June 11, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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What’s remarkable is that this organ constitutes an analog-to-digital converter, as pressure waves (analog) are converted to electrical signals. 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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Date
June 1, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Physical Sciences
Planetology
Tagged
, carbon, David Coppedge, Europa, Europa Clipper, Ganymede, geophysics, Greenland, hydrogen, Jupiter, moons, NASA, nitrogen, ocean, oxygen, phosphorus, photosynthesis, seafloor, Stanford University, sulfur, water}

Why Scientists Think There Could Be Life on Europa

_{Science & Culture
June 1, 2022

Evolution, Physical Sciences, Planetology

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Jupiter’s moon Europa, somewhat smaller than Earth’s moon, may have surface water and organic chemicals, researchers say. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Reeves

Date
March 7, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bacillus subtilis, beauty, biological systems, design triangulation, E. coli, elegance, enzymes, evolution, fitness, function, gene expression, genetic information, intelligent design, Neo-Darwinism, optimality, precision, proteins, robustness, speakers, sporulation, Stanford University, transmission}

Application of ID: Leveraging Design Triangulation to Anticipate Biological Redundancy

_{Emily Reeves
March 7, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design

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In previous posts, I’ve covered how neo-Darwinism can make biological redundancy more confusing than it should be. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 2, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Science Reporting
Tagged
, amino acids, bacteria, bioengineering, Brownian motion, cells, chemical reactions, cytoplasm, drugs, evolution, Evolution News, intelligent design, Jonathan Wells, molecular machines, signals, Stanford University, The Design of Life, The New Yorker, William A. Dembski}

The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”

_{Casey Luskin
March 2, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life, Science Reporting

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There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
February 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Cell (journal), Centers for Disease Control, COVID-19, Evangelical Christians, Francis Collins, medical establishment, medicine, misinformation, mRNA, scientocracy, Stanford University, The Federalist, vaccine}

John West: COVID Vaccine Misinformation from Francis Collins

_{David Klinghoffer
February 27, 2022

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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I’ve been shocked by how otherwise thoughtful people assume that physicians and other experts like Collins, those with the loudest media voices, are reliable. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 6, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bilateria, biological complexity, body plans, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian News, Charles Marshall, Darwin's Doubt, eLife, Eumetazoa, gene regulatory networks, genes, genetic information, Hoover Institution, Hox genes, Larry Moran, Metazoa, multiverse, Nature Communications, neo-Darwinian theory, paleontology, Peter Robinson, Planulozoa, Response to Criticism, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, U.C. Berkeley, Uncommon Knowledge, University of Toronto}

Did the Origin of Animals Require New Genes?

_{Casey Luskin
May 6, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Materialists who purport to explain the origin of nature's complexity by smuggling in information unwittingly demonstrate the need for intelligent design. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 17, 2021

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, babies, bioethicists, China, embryos, fertilization, genetic engineering, government funding, humans, monkeys, Nature (journal), scientists, Stanford University, William Hurlbut}

Scientists Make Human-Monkey Hybrid Embryos

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 17, 2021

Bioethics

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They said they wouldn’t do it, but of course they did. Scientists working in China — where else? — have constructed embryos that are part human and part monkey. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 7, 2021

Categories
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Scientific Reasoning
Tagged
, atheism, biological information, high school, Hoover Institution, materialism, Miller-Urey experiment, Peter Robinson, Return of the God Hypothesis, Richard Dawkins, Robert Jastrow, Stanford University, Stephen Meyer, theism, U.C. San Diego, Uncommon Knowledge}

Meyer, Robinson: Yes, Reason and Materialism CAN Be Separated

_{David Klinghoffer
April 7, 2021

Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics, Scientific Reasoning

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The great question behind Steve Meyer's new book is whether world-views can be objectively tested. Read More ›