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Month: July 2020

Biology Intelligent Design Physics

“Evolutionary determinism,” universals, and life on Mars

At Nautilus: Although it seems like evolutionary determinism, there’s some weight to the idea that cells are constrained to a certain evolutionary path, no matter the environment they appear in.

Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Author News Comments(2)
Plants

Claim: Plants are conscious!

Expect more crazy. Salad is murder, did you know? That time of year.

Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020 Author News Comment(0)
Culture Darwinism Intelligent Design Racism

Asked at American Thinker: Is St. Darwin losing his halo?

Much as this stupid culture-wrecking is deplorable, the fact is, many of us have tried to talk about Darwin’s racism for many years, only to be rebuffed by sneery Darwinists who claimed – in total defiance of facts – that it ain’t so because Darwin… opposed slavery!

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Author News Comments(13)
Biology Genetics Genomics Intelligent Design Physics

Is biology “hiding its deepest mysteries”?

Physics was “hiding its deepest mysteries” thousands of years ago too before anyone uncovered laws for how it works. There are still mysteries in physics, of course, but they are now more basic. The laws are now known. Let’s hope the same proves true for biology.

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Author News Comments(15)
Astronomy

A massive star has suddenly gone missing?

Gizmodo: An object inside the Kinman dwarf galaxy has disappeared from view, according to new research published today in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Author News Comment(1)
Evolution extinction

Coffee!! Early Australia featured some weird monsters

Apparently, the platypus ended up inheriting the lot.

Posted on July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Author News Comment(1)
Culture Naturalism

The world would be better if we all died?

But for whom?: Ricky Gervais thinks bees are more important than humans. The 59-year-old comedian has admitted he believes the world would actually be a “better place” if the human species were to be completely wiped out. Ricky said: “We are part of nature – we are not above it – we are not in Read More…

Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Author News Comments(8)
Intelligent Design

Zooming in on the flying snakes

With Nature (don’t watch this if you are afraid of snakes): Is there any corner of possibility that is not occupied by some sort of life form?

Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Author News Comments(3)
Artificial Intelligence Intelligent Design Mind

Oxford mathematician: Computers will not out-think humans

Lennox: Our undoubted progress in technology in terms of speed and competence can easily mask the huge barrier that stands in the way of superior intelligent machines — consciousness.

Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Author News Comments(8)
Artificial Intelligence Mind

At Mind Matters News: George Montañez on what’s wrong with the Turing Test

Marks: It’s very easy to determine if who you’re talking to is a computer. You just ask them to compute the square root of 30 or something, because a human would take a while to get the square root of 30.

Posted on July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Author News Comment(1)

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