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Douglas Axe
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Günter Bechly
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Michael J. Behe
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David Berlinski
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Eric Cassell
David Coppedge
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William A. Dembski
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Michael Denton
Michael Egnor
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Michael Flannery
Ann Gauger
Howard Glicksman
Guillermo Gonzalez at Garden of the Gods, July 2022
Guillermo Gonzalez
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Bruce Gordon
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Eric Hedin
Cornelius Hunter
Cornelius G. Hunter
Stephen J. Iacoboni
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David Klinghoffer
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Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig
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Casey Luskin
Casey Luskin
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Andrew McDiarmid
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Jonathan McLatchie
Stephen C. Meyer
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Brian Miller
Walter Myers III
Paul Nelson at Car Museum
Paul Nelson
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Denyse O’Leary
Emily Reeves
Emily Sandico
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Granville Sewell
Robert Shedinger
Geoffrey Simmons
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Wesley J. Smith
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Rob Stadler
Neil Thomas
Jonathan Wells
John G. West
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Walter Bradley Center

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Robert J. Marks
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David Klinghoffer
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June 17, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Robert J. Marks: Humor, Ambiguity, and AI

David Klinghoffer
June 17, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind
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Dr. Marks thinks it’s possible that AI may improve in its ability to resolve ambiguous language. Right now it’s not looking so good. Read More ›
AI robot
delusion
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David Klinghoffer
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June 5, 2019
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Robert Marks: Materialism and the AI Delusion

David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2019
Neuroscience & Mind
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Since humans are only the “result of purposeless, as-yet-unidentified physical phenomena,” machine are not in any way blocked from becoming what we are and much, much more. Read More ›
bonobo
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David Klinghoffer
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May 28, 2019
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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Scientific Reasoning
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Egnor Imagines: Professor Terminated; Replaced by Bonobo

David Klinghoffer
May 28, 2019
Metaphysics, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Scientific Reasoning
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“The search committee interviewed several apes, three mules, and a tomato plant.” Read More ›
Homo erectus pekinensis
racism
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David Klinghoffer
Date
May 21, 2019
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Human Exceptionalism
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
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Why Darwinism Can Never Separate Itself from Racism

David Klinghoffer
May 21, 2019
Human Exceptionalism, Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics
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You think if Darwinian theory had emerged not in the dark age of the 19th century but in our own woke era, it would be different? No, it wouldn’t. Read More ›
Marks, Medved
Great Minds
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David Klinghoffer
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March 28, 2019
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Evolution
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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Great Minds: How Darwinism and AI Are Oversold, Often at the Same Time

David Klinghoffer
March 28, 2019
Evolution, Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind
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The Center for Science & Culture and the Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence share more than the commonality of being sponsored by Discovery Institute. Read More ›
Lennox Marks
uploading
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David Klinghoffer
Date
March 22, 2019
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Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
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Lennox, Marks: Uploading the Mind Would Mean Eternal Death

David Klinghoffer
March 22, 2019
Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology
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Dreams of god-like immortality achieved through uploading the mind have a serious drawback, one among others. A computer operates algorithmically, strictly so, whereas the mind does not. Read More ›
computer chip
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David Klinghoffer
Date
February 3, 2019
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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”

David Klinghoffer
February 3, 2019
Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind
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New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern. Read More ›
Marks Medved GMMM
human exceptionalism
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David Klinghoffer
Date
December 13, 2018
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Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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Great Minds: Marks, Medved on Human Exceptionalism’s Two Frontiers

David Klinghoffer
December 13, 2018
Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind
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There are fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side, animal and machine. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms. Read More ›
Claude Shannon
information theory
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December 10, 2018
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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
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Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

Science & Culture
December 10, 2018
Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science
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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›
Marks Medved
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David Klinghoffer
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November 29, 2018
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Neuroscience & Mind
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Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

David Klinghoffer
November 29, 2018
Neuroscience & Mind
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There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›

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