AI Dependence Makes Us Dumber, but That’s Not the Worst Thing About It

Andrew McDiarmid, Artificial Intelligence, baked salmon, ChatGPT, Chicago Tribune, Complexity, Computational Sciences, computer assistance, Copilot, createdness, Creativity, Engineering, Gemini, Grok, human exceptionalism, humans, living systems, Nikolai Berdyaev, salmon, scientists
I realized this when I found myself, not for the first time, asking Grok to remind me again how long to bake salmon at 400 degrees. Source
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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

adaptation, Andrew McDiarmid, arts, Ben Grimm, bonus scene, Charles Darwin, Culture, Doctor Doom, drama, Evolution, family, Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: First Steps, Grok, H.E.R.B.I.E, Intelligent Design, Johnny Storm, Marvel Cinematic Universe, multiverse, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, paywall, principles, scientific materialism, Social media, subscription, tension, The Daily Wire, The Hungry Caterpillar, universe
Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Source
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Sternberg and Egnor Reveal the Immaterial Realm

Andrew McDiarmid, biologists, Brian Miller, Carl Jung, coincidence, Denyse O'Leary, development, Faith & Science, Greek philosophy, ID The Future, immaterial genome, Intelligent Design, mathematical biology, Michael Levin, neuroscience, Plato's Revenge, Platonic forms, publishers, Raphael, scientific reasoning, synchronicity, Synchronicity (book), Thomas Aquinas, Timaeus
This kind of thinking is also on the horizon coming from biologists like Michael Levin unconnected to the ID community. Source
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How Earth is Designed for Human Technology

agriculture, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, Brian Miller, Chemistry, cooking, earth, Earth’s surface, Evidence, fire, food, foresight, Geology, gold, hunting, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, iron, Life Sciences, likelihood ratio, multi-cellular beings, physicists, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, plate tectonics, soil, technological advancement, Technology, universe, water cycle
Is all this a coincidence? We think that’s a stretch. One or two fortunate parameters might be called a fluke. Source
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The Incredible Design of Muscles

Andrew McDiarmid, antagonists, biochemistry, circulatory system, Complexity, connective tissue, Engineering, Evolution, evolutionary mechanisms, Intelligent Design, Jonathan McLatchie, Michael Behe, muscle contraction, muscle fibers, muscles, nervous system, respiratory system, skeletal system, synergists, tendons
To understand the limitations of evolutionary mechanisms, we have to “bite the bullet of complexity,” as biochemist Michael Behe writes. Source
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Science or Science Fiction? Scientists Debate

Ancient Apocalypse, ancient civilization, Andrew McDiarmid, archeology, Aylin Woodward, burials, Casey Luskin, Culture & Ethics, Daniel Sandweiss, documentaries, East Carolina University, Graham Hancock, graves, Homo naledi, Human Origins, ID The Future, Lee Berger, Nature (journal), Neanderthals, Netflix, News Media, paleontology, Rising Star Cave, science fiction, Scientific American, Society for American Archaeology, The Guardian, Unknown: Cave of Bones, Wall Street Journal
Should some Netflix documentaries be labeled science fiction? Two are currently targeted by researchers in paleontology and archeology respectively. Source
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Recognizing the Scandal in the Universities — Will It Extend to Origins Science?

academia, administrators, Andrew McDiarmid, biology, CNN, DEI, Education, Fareed Zakaria, free speech, gender, genocide, Harvard University, historians, humanities, ID The Future, intelligent causes, Jules Michelet, methodological naturalism, methodological pluralism, Michael Keas, MIT, Monopoly, natural causes, Peggy Noonan, Podcast, professors, Race, red pill, scholars, silver lining, tenure, Testimony, Trivial Pursuit, universities, University of Pennsylvania, Wall Street Journal, woke ideology, Worldview
The regime of methodological naturalism is affirmative action for scientific ideas. Source
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Accounts from “After Death” Defeat Materialist Contentions About the Soul

After Death, Andrew McDiarmid, Angel Studios, autoscopy, death, documentary, Evidence of the Afterlife, Faith & Science, Heaven, Hell, ID The Future, illusion, Jeffrey Long, life, near-death experiences, Neuroscience & Mind, Podcast, resuscitation, soul, theatrical release, tickets
Ahead of the Friday theatrical release, our colleague Andrew McDiarmid talked with Dr. Jeffrey Long, a cancer doctor who appears in the film. Source
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