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For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Read More ›
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Wesley Smith Talks with Dean Koontz: Human Exceptionalism, Meaning in Life, and More

Dean and Wesley discuss how Dean came to be an author, the importance of human exceptionalism, and the problem with transhumanism. Read More ›
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Tom Bethell
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Iconoclast: Farewell to Tom Bethell

I remember having an exchange with Tom about the meaning of his last name, which seems to correspond to the Biblical place name Beth El, meaning "House of God." Read More ›
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“Fearless”: Princeton Mathematician Sergiu Klainerman on Berlinski’s Human Nature

“The man is fearless in pursuing lines of reasoning that are considered taboo by current standards.” Read More ›
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#GivingTuesday Message from Stephen Meyer

Dr. Meyer recounts highlights of the past year and gives some hints as to what expect in the year coming. Read More ›
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<p>Photo: Walcott Quary, Burgess Shale, by Mark A. Wilson (Wilson44691) (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster) [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons.</p>

Meyer, Medved on Great Minds — Cambrian Explosion, Burgess Shale, and More

Animal forms come and go, but what links them as “acts of mind” (as Agassiz put it) is a “continuity of ideas,” not, says Meyer, the physical continuity that Darwin asserted. Read More ›
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Physicist David Snoke: If DNA Is Designed, Its History by Definition Must Already Be Erased

Most people are accustomed to scientific explanations being historical in nature. Read More ›

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