Tag: The Time Machine

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
January 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, An Idol for Destruction (series), Arthur C. Clarke, artificial general intelligence, artificial intelligence, Back to the Future, Blaise Pascal, Book of Job, Cambridge University, Darwinian evolution, Dune, Erika DeBenedictis, Ezekiel, Frank Herbert, Garden of Eden, gravity, H.G. Wells, Isaac Barrow, Isaac Newton, Isaiah, large language models, Lucifer, Old Testament, Reformation, Satan, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Time Machine, wormholes, Yuval Harari}

Artificial General Intelligence: The Creation Exceeding the Creator

_{William A. Dembski
January 28, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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Is artificial intelligence at a tipping point, with AGI ready to appear in real time? Or is AGI more like many other themes of science fiction? Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
March 17, 2021

Categories
Arts
Bioethics
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Abraham Lincoln, Blaise Pascal, Charles Darwin, Christendom, Claudius, creator, Crime and Punishment, Darwinian theory, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gothic cathedrals, H.G. Wells, Hamlet, intelligent design, John Updike, literature, logical positivism, Marxism, materialism, Middle Ages, narrative, nihilism, pigeons, Pulitzer Prize, sublime, The Time Machine, William Shakespeare}

Intelligent Design and the Restoration of Story

_{Jonathan Witt
March 17, 2021

Arts, Bioethics, Biology, Intelligent Design

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Celebrating the growing evidence of intelligent design can help rescue the arts from the nihilism and ugliness they have descended into in many quarters. Read More ›

African savanna with mountain in national wild park

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 13, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Africa, Bible, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinian materialism, English literature, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, H.G. Wells, human brain, human origins, Jacques Derrida, John Milton, John Updike, Michael Keas, monolith, Robert Ardrey, science fiction, Stanley Kubrick, Texas, The Time Machine, Unbelievable, weapons}

Darwinism, Storytelling, and the Futurist ET Myth

_{Jonathan Witt
December 13, 2020

Bioethics

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The implication is clear: the alien monolith has somehow bequeathed to him and his little tribe a sudden quantum leap in brain power. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
December 12, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, "survival of the fittest", 2001: A Space Odyssey, civilization, Darwinian materialism, Darwinian theory, Émile Zola, evolution, extinction, George Eliot, H.G. Wells, humans, Jack London, literature, mutations, natural science, natural selection, naturalism, Robert Ardrey, science fiction, sheep, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Crane, The Time Machine, Theodore Dreiser, Thomas Hardy, violence}

Literary Naturalism and a Time Machine

_{Jonathan Witt
December 12, 2020

Bioethics

3}

The sun is burning out, and life on Earth is heading for extinction. This aptly conveys Darwinian materialism’s vision of a meaningless universe. Read More ›

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Date
October 18, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, Being as Communion, Carl Sagan, DNA, extraterrestrial intelligence, genetic code, H.G. Wells, information, music, pareidolia, Sarah Chaffee, storage, The Time Machine, UNESCO, Voyager Golden Record, William A. Dembski}

If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

_{Science and Culture
October 18, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

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Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›