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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 25, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Mind
Naturalism

A philosopher explains why machines are not creative

News
March 25, 2019
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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When you consider all the reasons why machines cannot be creative, one must ask, is the belief that we can build superintelligent machines rooted in naturalism (nature is all there is), often called “materialism,” or in evidence? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 24, 2019
Categories
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Naturalism
Philosophy
Science

Darwinism’s influence on philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn

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March 24, 2019
Darwinism, Intelligent Design, Naturalism, Philosophy, Science
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A friend writes, "There was one paradigm that Kuhn assumed was not a paradigm, but a fact of nature: Darwinism. His whole approach to scientific revolutions was Darwinian. New paradigms emerge as accidental mutations, not because of new evidence. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 23, 2019
Categories
Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science

Philosopher of science Steve Meyer will be on Ben Shapiro’s show Sunday

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March 23, 2019
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Steve Meyer is the author of Signature in the Cell and Darwin’s Doubt. Not everyone wants to hear what he has to say: It was announced on Twitter this morning, and as you can imagine, the Twitterati are not pleased. They are bombarding the show with replies about “bunk science and the 6,000 year old universe,” “Why not have a hour long discussing with a Flat Earther? Just as much evidence to support that claim as there is for ID,” and so on.David Klinghoffer, “Stephen Meyer on the Ben Shapiro Show This Sunday: God, Intelligent Design, and More” at Evolution News and Science Today: You have to subscribe to watch the show tomorrow but it will be in the archives Read More ›

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 23, 2019
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Ecology
extinction
Intelligent Design
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Insectologists swat insects-are-doomed paper

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March 23, 2019
Ecology, extinction, Intelligent Design
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The temptation for some seems to be to resort to apocalypse voodoo to demonstrate a crisis, at the expense of the methods that make scientists worth listening to, as an alternative to supermarket tabloids. File this one with: The real reasons people don’t "trust science" Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 23, 2019
Categories
Big Bang
Cosmology
Fine tuning
Intelligent Design
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Are the best measurements to date deepening the “cosmological crisis”?

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March 23, 2019
Big Bang, Cosmology, Fine tuning, Intelligent Design
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Two things many cosmologists would like to get rid of are the Big Bang and apparent fine-tuning of the universe. Telling a different story is difficult mainly due to lack of evidence for a different story but they can make do with discrepancies. But then maybe the years have made some of us cynical. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 22, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Philosophy
Science
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At Nature: Waging war on the science deniers!

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March 22, 2019
Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Science
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Sadly, there is a war on science, of sorts, afoot. Social justice warriors, for example, are taking dead aim at math. And at objectivity generally. It’s as if, unable or unwilling to even name, let alone withstand the threat, establishment science types hope to distract themselves with a different story until it goes away. Good luck with that. They see you have funding. And they always need more money. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
March 22, 2019
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Evolution
Intelligent Design
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Would 3-D virtual fossils speed up research?

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March 22, 2019
Evolution, Intelligent Design
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And would everyone think that was a good thing? They’re here but not as popular as you might think. Many paleontologists fear losing control of the story: One of the characteristics of information is that, unlike matter and energy, it is not reduced by being shared. And when it is shared, it can generate new information. Of course, some well-sourced new information may contradict earlier ideas or even important beliefs. “Are 3-D Virtual Fossils a Boon or a Threat?” at Mind Matters See also: Thousands of Cambrian fossils discovered in China, new to science We are told that this Qingjiang discovery is important for its diversity, especially of cnidarians (corals and jellies). The new fossils represent a different ecology from Read More ›