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Register Scientists with the Government? Top Journal Says Yes!

It would be a means of controlling who is allowed to “do” science and the ability to determine what can be communicated to the public. Read More ›
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In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›
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Depths of Design: Seductive Optics and Skeuomorphic Intelligence

The effort to mirror objects in the world in our artistic creations reaches back into prehistory. Read More ›
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“Bot Dylan” Is a Mechanical Mockingbird

Creativity has eluded encoding. Programmers have failed to make machines that create as humans create. Read More ›
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Intelligent Design and the Computer Analogy

Imagine if computer science allowed researchers to consider the physical components of computers but not the "ideas" that drive them. Read More ›

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