25May 2024 by Post

Why AI Won’t Destroy the World, or Save It

Artificial Intelligence, Bill Gates, Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, evolutionary innovations, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Mark Zuckerberg, Neuroscience & Mind, Nobel laureates, Robert J. Marks, robots, Roger Penrose, Sir Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith
Will robots or other computers ever become so fast and powerful that they become conscious, creative, and free? Source
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21May 2024 by Post

Is Vitalism Making a Comeback? 

"God of the gaps", Andrea Roli, argument from ignorance, biology, blacks, élan vital, Ernst Mayr, Evolution, Evolution “On Purpose”, Huffington Post, Intelligent Design, Irish immigrants, Jacques Monod, James Barham, James Shapiro, Kardashian family, Peter Corning, Racism, Samir Okasha, Stuart A. Kauffman, University of Chicago, vital force, vitalism
For proponents of ID, there is a natural temptation to respond to this sort of explanation with derision. I suspect this reaction may be short-sighted. Source
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20May 2024 by Post

Phenology: The Science of Seasonal Adaptation

abiotic changes, Albert B. Phillimore, algorithms, Animal Algorithms, animals, biotic changes, calendars, California poppy blooms, caterpillars, Chaco Canyon, cicada emergences, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, Darwin’s Bluff, El Niño, Evolution, Farmer’s Almanac, foresight, genetic adaptation, herbaceous plants, Intelligent Design, Kirsty H. Macphie, La Niña, Life Sciences, locust plagues, moisture, mosquito swarms, pandemics, phenology, physiology, plants, PNAS, Robert Shedinger, sensors, Stonehenge, superblooms, temperate, temperature
No, not phrenology — phenology. It’s not pseudoscience, but a lesser-known branch of science that includes birds, bees, and trees. Source
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17May 2024 by Post

I Grew Up with Intelligent Design Videos — Let’s Make More!

cell machinery, Center for Science and Culture, chameleons, common sense, Discovery Institute, DNA, Evolution, Howard Glicksman, humor, Intelligent Design, kinesins, Long Story Short, media, Michael Behe, microtubules, monkeys, mousetrap, movie producer, newspapers, proteins, replication, Secrets of the Cell, shrimp, Steve Laufmann, turtles, Your Designed Body, YouTube videos
Even as a child, I could sense the scientific rigor and common sense in CSC videos, and I learned to recognize media hype about evolution for what it is. Source
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12May 2024 by Post

In Aurora Borealis, Scientific and Aesthetic Design Arguments Meet 

Africa, ancestors, Ann Gauger, atmosphere, aurora, aurora australis, aurora borealis, beauty, Brian Miller, carbon, earth, electrons, Emily Sandico, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology, Faith & Science, Geology, geomagnetic storm, helium, hydrogen, Intelligent Design, iPhone, iron, Joe Biden, Judeo-Christian tradition, Junk DNA, magnesium, magnetic field, magnetic field lines, magnetic particles, magnetosphere, materialists, neon, nitrogen, northern lights, oxygen, paleomagnetism, PhD, radiation, Seattle, solar system, South Africa, vortex, Wikipedia
You appreciate the aurora borealis or aurora australis because you were not created by strictly material evolutionary processes. Source
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10May 2024 by Post

Metals: From Stars to Cells 

atomic weight, battery storage, cell's, civilization, crust-mantel boundary, dumb luck, earth, Earth’s crust, electrical wiring, foresight, fossils, fuel cells, Intelligent Design, interstellar space, iron, Jupiter, mantle, metallic ores, metals, meteoric bombardment, neutron capture, Physics, Earth & Space, planets, platinum, Saturn, silver, solar panels, stars, Stone Age, supernova, thorium, toxicity, uranium, Wealth
Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus. Source
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