New_High-Resolution_Earthrise_Image Type post Author Guillermo Gonzalez Date January 7, 2020 CategoriesPhysical Sciences Tagged , __edited, Apollo 8, beauty, butterflies, Carl Sagan, color, crystals, earth, Earthrise, flowers, Frank Borman, insects, Jim Lovell, Mars, Moon, natural selection, Neptune, peacock, rainbows, sexual selection, solar system, surprise, Uranus, Venus Earth — The Mystery of Our Colorful Home Guillermo Gonzalez January 7, 2020 Physical Sciences 3 Certainly, there is no logical reason why life should be wedded to the transcendental value of beauty. Read More ›
runes 2 Type post Date January 17, 2019 CategoriesIntelligent Design Tagged , __k-review, BIO-Complexity, Brownian motion, carvings, complex specified information, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, George D. Montañez, Giant’s Causeway, Robert J. Marks II, specification, specified complexity, surprise, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert Measuring Surprise — A Frontier of Design Theory Science and Culture January 17, 2019 Intelligent Design 8 The carvings look sustained (there are many of them) and deliberate, unlike creases created by splitting and pitting of surfaces over ages. Read More ›
starfish Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 15, 2018 CategoriesBiologyIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindTechnology Tagged , __k-review, algorithms, artificial intelligence, beauty, biological information, Children of Light, computers, creativity, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, elegance, George Gilder, information, information theory, intelligent design, Life After Google, machines, Michael Denton, surprise Denton, Gilder: The Biology of Surprise David Klinghoffer October 15, 2018 Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology 3 Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional. Read More ›
Gilder Levin 2 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date October 15, 2018 CategoriesHuman ExceptionalismNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __k-review, algorithms, Amazon, artificial intelligence, bestseller, capitalism, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Fox News, George Gilder, humans, Life After Google, machines, Mark Levin, natural selection, nature, planning, socialism, surprise, tyranny, youtube Gilder on Surprise, Creativity, and Human Exceptionalism David Klinghoffer October 15, 2018 Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind 2 It’s strikes me that this is a difference between design and Darwinian thinking. Read More ›
Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date May 6, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionEvolutionary PsychologyScience Reporting Tagged , __tedited, behavior, common knowledge, competition, controversy, discrimination, evolutionary psychology, female sports, feminism, hunter-gatherers, imagination, instinct, just-so stories, masculinity, motivation, policymakers, Politics, population dynamics, pre-human ancestors, public opinion, Science Daily, science writers, sexual differences, speculation, Sports, surprise As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head David Klinghoffer May 6, 2016 Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Science Reporting 4 Right now. You can do it. Read More ›