02Jun 2025 by Post

Evolution and Common-Sense Reasoning 

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The equations of quantum mechanics do not describe exactly — even in theory — the effects of the fundamental forces on the fundamental particles of physics. Source
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04Apr 2025 by Post

Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet

Adrian Woolfson, Albert Einstein, anti-human exceptionalism, artificial general intelligence, bioethics, Children, Christianity, computers, Denisovans, Edward Gibbon, Foundation for Economic Education, Green Revolution, Henry Gee, Homo floresiensis, Homo luzonensis, human exceptionalism, human extinction, humans, Lawrence W. Reed, natural selection, Neanderthals, Neuroscience & Mind, Science (journal), The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire
As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Source
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16Feb 2024 by Post

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

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In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Source
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02Feb 2024 by Post

Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

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It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Source
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10Jul 2023 by Post

Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

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For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Source
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11Mar 2023 by Post

For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

Artificial Intelligence, Becca Rothfeld, ChatGPT, computers, copyright, critical thinking, DALL-E, digital art, Gary Smith, human exceptionalism, human form, human hands, images, intelligence, Intelligent Design, Jean Paul, job infringement, Kyle Chayka, Midjourney, Neuroscience & Mind, novels, The Point, visual arts, writing
In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Source
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05Mar 2023 by Post

Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

Carl Sagan, chemical processes, computers, Cosmos (series), Evidence, Evolution, Evolution News, fossils, human brains, intelligence, Intelligent Design, iPhones, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, natural causes, natural selection, origin of life, physics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, self-replicating machines, Technology, tornado, unintelligent forces
Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Source
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04Mar 2023 by Post

Why High School Biology Made Me Angry (And Why I Like It So Much Better Now)

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Your own body has something like 30 trillion cells in it. That’s 30 trillion large cities’ worth of complexity. Source
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04Jan 2023 by Post

Brain Scientist: Consciousness Didn’t Evolve; It Creates Evolution

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Donald Hoffman says that even the Big Bang must be understood in a universe where consciousness is fundamental. Source
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