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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
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, algorithms, artificial intelligence, artists, Baylor University, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, humanity, Jay Richards, john lennox, materialism, media, propaganda, Robert J. Marks II, Science Uprising, Selmer Bringsjord, Stephen Hawking, totalitarianism, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

New from Science Uprising — Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and the Human Difference

_{David Klinghoffer
September 22, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

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Creativity, not mere copying or following commands, entails thinking “outside the box.” That’s how it can surprise us with genuine novelty. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
May 4, 2022

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Biology
Evolution
Faith & Science
Psychology
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, americans, apologetics, Charles Darwin, Darwinian theory, evolution, fantasy, John West, Medieval Europe, morality, nature, policy, science fiction, scientism, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

John West: C. S. Lewis and the “Human Fallibility of Science”

_{David Klinghoffer
May 4, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Faith & Science, Psychology

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The spirt or psychology of the day gives us the science we wished for. This makes it highly fallible, and potentially dangerous. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
April 11, 2022

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Bioethics
Intelligent Design
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, Andrew Klavan, atheism, Brave New World, C.S. Lewis, China, churches, COVID-19, Dennis Prager, dystopia, expertise, experts, God Hypothesis, isolation, lockdown, Marxism, materialism, Return of the God Hypothesis, riots, secularism, Soviet Union, synagogues, The Matrix, totalitarianism, tyranny, United States, unvaccinated}

Stephen Meyer: Totalitarian Dystopias and the God Hypothesis

_{David Klinghoffer
April 11, 2022

Bioethics, Intelligent Design

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The insight is timely, given the two-year anniversary of lockdowns that we’ve recently observed. Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
February 1, 2022

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Medicine
Scientific Freedom
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, Anthony Fauci, censorship, City Journal, COVID-19, Facebook, fake news, free speech, misinformation, National Academy of Sciences, National Public Radio, Nicholas Wade, pandemic, Royal Society, Supreme Court, The Stream, totalitarianism, United States, Wuhan}

Royal Society: Don’t Censor Misinformation; It Makes Things Worse

_{Denyse O’Leary
February 1, 2022

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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While others demand crackdowns on “fake news,” the Society reminds us that the history of science is one of error correction. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor

Date
January 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Physical Sciences
Physics
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, Big Think, brain states, criminal justice, free will, Hannah Arendt, Marcelo Gleiser, materialism, neuroscience, propositions, quantum physics, Sam Harris, totalitarianism, truth}

Does Science Disprove Free Will? A Physicist Says No

_{Michael Egnor
January 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Physical Sciences, Physics

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Marcelo Gleiser notes that the mind is not a solar system with strict deterministic laws. Read More ›

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Author
Brian Miller

Date
November 20, 2020

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Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
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, bureaucracy, evolution, Evolution News, free speech, intelligent design, newspapers, readers, scientific materialism, totalitarianism, truth}

In the Evolution Debate, How Truth Can Prevail

_{Brian Miller
November 20, 2020

Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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Paul Kecskemeti’s analysis perfectly describes the challenge faced by anyone who wishes to publicly tell the truth about the evidence for design. Read More ›

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Date
August 30, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
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, C.S. Lewis, ID the Future, John West, knowledge, morality, public policy, scientism, scientists, That Hideous Strength, The Magician's Twin, totalitarianism}

C. S. Lewis Foresaw Scientism’s Totalitarian Potential

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August 30, 2020

Ethics, Faith & Science

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According to Lewis, science steps dangerously outside its bounds when it assumes it has all knowledge, especially moral knowledge. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 23, 2020

Categories
Evolution
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, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Hannah Arendt, Joseph Stalin, Karl Marx, Michael Egnor, movement, Nazis, Russia, The Origins of Totalitarianism, totalitarianism}

How Darwin Shaped the Young Joseph Stalin

_{David Klinghoffer
July 23, 2020

Evolution

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Jonathan Wells notes that a figure in the totalitarian tradition was influenced by evolution from a very early age. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, China, COVID-19, Darwinism, evolution, Friedrich Engels, Germany, Hannah Arendt, Karl Marx, looting, movement, natural law, natural selection, Nazis, pandemic, paralysis, rioting, Russia, The Origins of Totalitarianism, totalitarianism, vandalism}

Totalitarianism Is Darwinism Applied to Politics

_{Michael Egnor
July 20, 2020

Bioethics, Evolution

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Atomization is the radical isolation of each individual from every other individual. Atomization breaks the bonds that hold society in its traditional shape. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
July 15, 2020

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, academic freedom, agnosticism, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, anti-science, atheism, cancel culture, censorship, Darwinists, Discovery Institute, evolution, Expelled (movie), free speech, Jonathan Wells, Lysenkoism, Marxism, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, Napoleon, Phillip E. Johnson, Pierre-Simon Laplace, Richard Sternberg, totalitarianism, William A. Dembski}

“Live Not by Lies”: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Intelligent Design

_{Michael Egnor
July 15, 2020

Scientific Freedom

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The censors depend on active personal destruction not to silence us, but to get us (out of fear) to lie and thus silence ourselves. Read More ›