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The Alternatives to Methodological Naturalism conference’s logo contest just finished taking submissions. Vote for your favorite design!
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The Alternatives to Methodological Naturalism conference is doing a design contest with a cash prize.
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Denyse’s recent post here on falsifiability tells me that we need more thought on this creature we call science and what it means for all of us, and especially the enterprise of knowledge.
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A lot of people still have trouble distinguishing between Intelligent Design and Creationism. This post will hopefully help out.
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Since this has popped up a lot in the last few weeks, I wanted to repost an old post of mine describing the relationship between ID and Common Descent. I think it is pretty much as relevant now as when I originally posted it almost 6 years ago.
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A great, simple way to see why philosophy is still important in an age of science.
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Many people have claimed that doubt is the great engine of scientific advance. In this article, I would like to contend against that thought, and show the true virtue that lies behind science that is often mistaken for doubt.
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The following is a guest post by Aurelio Smith. I have invited him to present a critique of Active Information in a more prominent place at UD so we can have a good discussion of Active Information’s strengths and weaknesses. The rest of this post is his.
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It is always good to go back to basics every once in a while. This piece is a short introduction to Intelligent Design for those reading about it or studying it.
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I spend a bit of time teaching and talking to junior-high and high-schoolers, especially homeschool students. One of the things that I try to teach them is how to approach teachers who are Darwinists when they get to college. Anyway, I though some readers might be students and might appreciate the advice. Obviously, this is not gospel-truth, but it might give you a place to start from.
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There are many ID’ers who complain about the AVIDA simulation, and I for the life of me can’t figure out why this is so.
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Recently, Larry Moran critiqued ID’s approach to evolutionary biology. Here I will explain how Larry Moran has misunderstood both ID and modern evolutionary theory.
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I’ve asked this to a few people, but have never gotten a good answer. So I figure I’ll ask a few more, and see what you all think.
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Recently a group beat the “Turing Test” by creating a software Artificial Intelligence program that acted like a human. The Turing Test is a theoretical test invented by Alan Turing to decide whether or not a computer software program is truly intelligent (like a human) or just faking it. The way the Russian group did it was by making it pretend that it was a Ukrainian teenager, so they didn’t know the language nor much of anything else. However, even with that, it only fooled 33% of the people. I, however, have created a new, even better software AI, which perfectly simulates the interaction with another human being, so much so that no one can possibly tell the difference. You Read More ›