Yes, Ants Think — Like Computers

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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents). Source
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Troubles with the Tree of Life

Acta Biotheoretica, Amadeo Estrada, DNA, Evolution, evolutionary theory, Intelligent Design, Last Universal Common Ancestor, Latin America, LUCA, molecular sequences, molecular studies, National Autonomous University of Mexico, origin of life, Philosophy of Science, reconstructions, Research, RNA, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas Kuhn, Tree of Life, W. Ford Doolittle
Sixty years ago, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn listed what he described as the “symptoms” of a research field undergoing destabilizing change. Source
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Meyer: Theistic Implications of the Multiverse

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"As for the Multiverse, even sci-fi writers now recognize that if such a thing exists, it would still require an ultimate Creator." Source
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Denton: Return of the Man Hypothesis

anthropocentrism, biology, bipeds, Charles Darwin, Chemistry, cosmos, Eric Anderson, Evolution, fine-tuning, fire, ID The Future, Intelligent Design, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, natural selection, Physics, Earth & Space, physiology, Podcast, Return of the God Hypothesis, Stephen Meyer, Technology, The Miracle of Man
Scientific discoveries have revitalized the outlook that placed man at the center of the cosmos, not in a physical but in a metaphysical sense. Source
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