Tag: surprise

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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 ›

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Author
Guillermo Gonzalez

Date
January 7, 2020

Categories
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, __edited, Apollo 8, beauty, butterflies, Carl Sagan, color, crystals, earth, Earthrise, flowers, insects, 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

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Certainly, there is no logical reason why life should be wedded to the transcendental value of beauty. Read More ›

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Date
January 17, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, BIO-Complexity, Brownian motion, complex specified information, DNA, Erwin Schrödinger, George D. Montañez, Robert J. Marks II, specification, specified complexity, surprise, William A. Dembski, Winston Ewert}

Measuring Surprise — A Frontier of Design Theory

_{Science & Culture
January 17, 2019

Intelligent Design

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The carvings look sustained (there are many of them) and deliberate, unlike creases created by splitting and pitting of surfaces over ages. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __cedited, 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

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Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 15, 2018

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __cedited, __image, algorithms, Amazon, artificial intelligence, bestseller, capitalism, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Fox News, George Gilder, humans, Life After Google, machines, natural selection, nature, planning, socialism, surprise, tyranny, youtube}

Gilder on Surprise, Creativity, and Human Exceptionalism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 15, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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It’s strikes me that this is a difference between design and Darwinian thinking. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 6, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Evolutionary Psychology
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __tedited, behavior, 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, 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

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Right now. You can do it. Read More ›