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Denyse O'Leary
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April 16, 2020
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Mind
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How the Lovelace test raises the stakes for thinking machines

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April 16, 2020
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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The Turing test has had a free ride in science media for far too long, says an AI expert: In the view of Rensselaer philosopher and computer scientist Selmer Bringsjord, the iconic Turing test for human-like intelligence in computers is inadequate and easily gamed. Merely sounding enough like a human to fool people does not establish human-like intelligence. He proposes the much more challenging Lovelace test, based on an observation from computer pioneer Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) that true creativity is what distinguishes humans from machines. – Mind Matters News Further reading: No materialist theory of consciousness is plausible. All such theories either deny the very thing they are trying to explain, result in absurd scenarios, or end up requiring an Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
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April 15, 2020
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Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
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The mystery of water: In chemistry it is now almost a “religious” controversy

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April 15, 2020
Fine tuning, Intelligent Design, Naturalism
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But the real goal is to rule out design in nature, which the controversialists can’t do, hence the “religious” nature of the controversy. A friend writes to remind us that this is basically the stuff of Michael Denton’s book, Wonder of Water. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 14, 2020
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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They were stringing us a line about Neanderthals

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April 14, 2020
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Who apparently made the oldest known string. The thing is, they’re going to have to find another subhuman. The trouble is, Darwinism needs a subhuman; otherwise, the human race has no Darwinian beginning. Any thoughts as to who will be voted the next one? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 14, 2020
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Big Bang
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
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Tossing overboard the assumptions about our universe? Rob Sheldon responds

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April 14, 2020
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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Sheldon: Since no one discusses the result as a potentially embarrassing over-correction, naturally the whole local-motion discussion is given short shrift. Just another example of the hubris that lies at the foundation of scientism and seems to especially infect cosmology. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 13, 2020
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Cell biology
Intelligent Design
Origin Of Life
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Sea creature challenges our conception of life

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April 13, 2020
Cell biology, Intelligent Design, Origin Of Life
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Is it one life form or many? Does it age or does it just die when something happens? What about apparent communal information processing in some colony organisms like the Paris Blob? The questions that seemed easy for an ant colony aren’t quite that way here. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 13, 2020
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Homo erectus skull conclusively dated to 2 million years ago, “nearly human-like”

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April 13, 2020
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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We heard this “nearly human-like” stuff about the Neanderthals for decades and now we are catching up with all these stories about them braiding string, drawing symbols, and burying their dead. How do we know it’s true this time, as opposed to an artifact of not enough excavation yet? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 13, 2020
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Big Bang
Cosmology
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Physics
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What happened before the Big Bang is not really a science question

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April 13, 2020
Big Bang, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics
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And, according to a Fermilab spokesman, if we did find out, the actual story “won’t sound like popular science literature.” Which raises the question of why such concepts, usually sponsored by atheist cosmologists, dominate so many people’s thinking. Whatever the answer is, it isn’t “science!” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 5, 2020
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Atheism
Cell biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
theism
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Archaea discoverer Carl Woese’s theological reflections in old age

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April 5, 2020
Atheism, Cell biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, theism
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It’s a good question whether Woese would have recognized the Archaea for what they were, had he not been in the habit of thinking for himself. Maybe he would have just been satisfied to shoehorn them into the conventional scheme somewhere. Read More ›