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18Apr 2025 by Post

High Bird Intelligence Is Consistent with Design, Not Evolution

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A discussion of animal intelligence that refuses to acknowledge human exceptionalism becomes a script for suppressing discussions we need to have. Source

21Mar 2025 by Post

Origin of Life: A “Simple” Worm’s Challenge

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Were there ever life forms that were so simple that they could merely self-assemble, as our official doctrine of the origin of life proposes? Source

07Mar 2025 by Post

Did Sexual Selection Make Male Mosquitofish Really Smart?

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It’s worth considering that the fish who can solve mazes may also be better able to stay out of the way of predators than the ones who couldn’t. Source

25Feb 2025 by Post

Pointing to Design, Ross Douthat Makes the Case that Religious Belief Is Rational

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He kicks off the book by talking about the evident design in nature and the fine-tuning of the universe. Source

20Nov 2024 by Post

Protein Designers Explore Sequence Space

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They may call it evolution, but it is all about intelligent design and artificial selection, not Darwinism. Source

11Nov 2024 by Post

Atheist Richard Dawkins: Intelligent Design Is a “Scientific Hypothesis,” Though Mistaken

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This is a remarkable response, granting the premise of arguments for intelligent design like those of Stephen Meyer. Source

02Nov 2024 by Post

Putting AI to the “Tolkien Test”: Could It Pass?

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Could ChatGPT ever hope to get close to the creative depth found in Tolkien’s Middle-earth? Source

31Aug 2024 by Post

There Is No Known Evolutionary Rule for Animal Intelligence

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Got a pet lizard? Good news. Scientists say it can be trained to do tasks and tricks. Source

23Jun 2024 by Post

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Source

29May 2024 by Post

Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Source

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