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2022

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post
Date
July 17, 2022
Categories
Animal minds
Artificial Intelligence
Defending our Civilization
mind and brain

AI promotional vid — is the AI future realistic? Is it utopia emerging? Or, dystopian?

kairosfocus
July 17, 2022
Animal minds, Artificial Intelligence, Defending our Civilization, mind and brain
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Are they already emerging as conscious as complexity rises? Vid: Or, do we need to ask pointed questions about limitations of computation, oracle machines and Smithian cybernetic loops with two tier controllers [can we have an oracle there?]? Does a fancy Si Rubber face — like those used for many years in Sci Fi flicks — make a difference? Smith: Or, Well, do rocks . . . even sophisticated, doped Si rocks . . . dream? And, what does all of this tell us about the potential for design? END

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Animal minds
Evolution
Intelligent Design
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At Mind Matters News: If octopuses are really smart, should we eat them?

News
July 14, 2022
Animal minds, Evolution, Intelligent Design
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At MMN: Octopuses present something of a puzzle. As Canadian investigative journalist Erin Anderssen pointed out earlier this month, “The octopus has already challenged our theories on evolution, intelligence and consciousness ... invertebrates like octopuses were expected to be “naturally” less intelligent than, say, raccoons. But they are not less intelligent. They have been called a “second genesis” of intelligence and the jury’s still out on how they came to be so." Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
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Jerry Coyne fires back at Egnor and Luskin

News
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind
2
Having stated that he wouldn’t engage in a dialogue (which he would presumably be doing if he responded), Coyne conceded shortly afterward that “I may be forced by the laws of physics in making a few remarks.” And he makes more than a few. But he presses on: “one more before I grow ill.” Physics is a harsh master. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Mike Egnor to Jerry Coyne: If evil exists, so must good — and real choices!

News
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design, Mind
3
Egnor to Coyne: ... when you find that your metaphysics was shared by the defense counsel at the Nazi war crime trials, you ought to reconsider your metaphysics. And I think Coyne should reconsider. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Darwinism
horizontal gene transfer
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At The Scientist: Horizontal gene transfer happens “more often than anyone thought”

News
July 14, 2022
Darwinism, horizontal gene transfer
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Well, of course, anything that horizontal gene transfer did, Darwinian evolution did not do. And if HGT is quite common, it’s going to be much harder to tell what Darwinism actually did. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Animal minds
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At Mind Matters News: Retro future: In a 1960s take on the 2020s, chimps do our chores

News
July 14, 2022
Animal minds
2
It seems such a crazy idea now. Is that because we have greater awareness of chimpanzees as they really are? Let’s hope so. It’s good to think we’ve made some progress in the last half century in understanding that chimpanzees are not “almost people.” We must still work on recognizing that we are not “almost chimpanzees” either. Read More ›
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post
Author
Eric Hedin
Date
July 14, 2022
Categories
Intelligent Design
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At The Conversation: It’s getting harder for scientists to collaborate across borders – that’s bad when the world faces global problems like pandemics and climate change

Caspian
July 14, 2022
Intelligent Design
3
"Many researchers in the U.S., Europe and China have voiced concerns that geopolitical rivalries are curtailing international research collaboration at a time when the world needs it the most." Read More ›