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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 11, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy
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Philosopher Angus Menuge on why traditional physicalism isn’t really working

Denyse O'Leary
May 11, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Philosophy
The shift toward emergentism will probably begin to affect debates over evolution. Evolution theories based on physicalism will likely face challenges from unexpected quarters. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 8, 2021
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Animal minds, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Human exceptionalism: You can be a good or a bad human but you can’t just be an animal

Denyse O'Leary
May 8, 2021
Animal minds, Ethics, Intelligent Design, Mind
When we try to escape into being animals, all that happens is that we reason badly and become bad humans. And the moment we even bring reason into the discussion — well, that’s precisely what human exceptionalism is about! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 8, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Mind, Philosophy, Science fiction
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Conundrum: What if you could make an exact duplicate of yourself?

Denyse O'Leary
May 8, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Mind, Philosophy, Science fiction
The problems of replicating oneself are addressed in a funny sci-fi short on human selfhood: For one thing, the replicant doesn't know that he is not the original. He has no reason to think so. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 2, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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At Mind Matters News: Will humans ever be fully replaceable by AI?

Denyse O'Leary
May 2, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
Berger: "Man is an imperfect image of God, as we all regularly demonstrate. Some images are more degraded than others. Similarly, any image man creates of himself will be a less than perfect image of himself. Hence, man can never make AI that is in the image of God, He can only make a degraded image of himself. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 1, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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At Mind Matters News: Neuroscientist: We are closing in on the secret of self-awareness…

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
But then he turns around and admits that we are frustratingly far from understanding how it all works. His frustration is understandable. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 21, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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William Dembski: Artificial intelligence understands by not understanding

Denyse O'Leary
April 21, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
Dembski continues to reflect on Erik J. Larson’s new book, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence: Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do (2021). He recalls his experiences learning to write boilerplate for a psychology chatbot back in 1982. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 20, 2021
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Intelligent Design, Mind, Physics
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Bruce Gordon: In quantum physics, “reality” really IS what we choose to observe

Denyse O'Leary
April 20, 2021
Intelligent Design, Mind, Physics
Gordon: The very fact that we can make a causally disconnected choice of whether wave or particle phenomena are manifested in a quantum system essentially shows that there is no measurement-independent and causally connected, substantial material reality at the micro physical level. It is created by the measurement itself. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 20, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind
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From Bill Dembski: Automated driving and other failures of AI

Denyse O'Leary
April 20, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Books of interest, Intelligent Design, Mind
Dembski: in the cossetted and sanitized environments that we have constructed for ourselves in the U.S., have no clue of what capabilities AI actually needs to achieve to truly match what humans can do. The shortfall facing AI is extreme. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
April 16, 2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Science writer John Horgan explains how he came to doubt the AI apocalypse

Denyse O'Leary
April 16, 2021
Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind
Takehome: Horgan finds that, despite the enormous advances in neuroscience, genetics, cognitive science, and AI, our minds remain “as mysterious as ever.” Read More ›