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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Tagged
, Free Will}

Philosopher: The laws of physics don’t rule out free will

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May 18, 2019

Intelligent Design, Mind

2}

George Musser, a science writer reviewing a new book on the subject, thinks it will force free will skeptics to become more sophisticated in their arguments Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Artificial Intelligence
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Evolutionary informatics, Robert J. Marks}

Robert J. Marks: What do AI and evolution have in common?

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May 18, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

Many biologists claimed to have written code to simulate evolution. But the popularization of the No Free Lunch theorems showed that the computer programmer must infuse guiding information into the evolutionary program to make it work. To explain the diversity of creativity, an evolution process must be directed. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Astronomy
Geology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Moon}

NASA says the moon is shaking, shrinking

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May 18, 2019

Astronomy, Geology, Intelligent Design

2}

Moonquakes happen, and they are shaking up lunar geology, Also, SkyNet reveals, “NASA announced earlier this year that it wants to send the first woman, and the next man, to the moon by 2024.” They can call in at the Chinese lunar base for tea… ; Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, Sabine Hossenfelder, Tommaso Dorigo}

When particle physicists collide, some are transformed into children

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May 18, 2019

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

2}

My, my. A commenter formed the correct impression and suggests, “Could you please answer the very valid questions raised by Sabine [Hossenfelder] instead of smearing her like this?” Read More ›

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post

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design}

Vids: String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity

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May 18, 2019

Intelligent Design

1}

Strings: Loop-Q-G: Food for thought. END

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post

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design}

Vids: Explaining the recent black hole image

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May 18, 2019

Intelligent Design

1}

A TED Talk Second vid on observing a black hole: Apart from a notice, there will be no comments. END

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, National Review, racism, Razib Khan}

Darwinian conservative has a troubling history re racist links

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May 18, 2019

Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design

3}

Every so often, for whatever reason, a US conservative thinkmag steps on Darwin’s rake. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 18, 2019

Categories
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Mind
Tagged
, Intelligence}

Why it’s hard to come up with a test for AI intelligence

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May 18, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design, Mind

2}

Holloway: Intelligence, like randomness, is mathematically undefinable. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 17, 2019

Categories
Artificial Intelligence
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Brendan Dixon, Marcus du Sautoy}

Dawkins’s successor at Oxford claims true AI creativity is coming

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May 17, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Design

2}

He recognizes that present AI displays the creativity of its creators and not that of a machine-based intelligence but why let that get in the way of a promising theory?. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 17, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Intelligent Design
Physics
Tagged
, axion}

Theoretical physicist reassures public, they’re not just making it up

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May 17, 2019

Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Physics

1}

Just because it’s not clear that the hypothetical particle she studies exists. Okay. But perhaps some physicists will still choose to research particles for whose existence there is actually evidence. Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 17, 2019

Categories
Culture
Darwinism
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, David Gelernter, Jerry Coyne}

Darwinian Jerry Coyne vents his spleen at Darwin-doubting Yale computer scientist

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May 17, 2019

Culture, Darwinism, Intelligent Design

3}

Gelernter is HOW likely to read Coyne’s diatribe and conclude he must be all wrong? But then Darwinians tend not to notice what others do. Presumably, it’s an adaptation. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 17, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design}

So it’s come to this: Turmoil over what genes really do

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May 17, 2019

Genetics, Intelligent Design

2}

Well, if genetics isn’t that important, what is heredity? Maybe epigenetics and horizontal gene transfer also shape the lives we live and live among. So then Darwinism is right but unimportant. It explains some things, not most things. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Evolution
stasis}

Talk about stasis! Bedbugs are 100 million years old

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May 16, 2019

Evolution, stasis

4}

Well, they will just have to keep looking for that early, really simple bedbug, below which there is nothing but sub-bedbugs. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
speciation
Tagged
, dogs, wolves}

Researchers: Purebred dogs are not “biological species”

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May 16, 2019

Intelligent Design, speciation

3}

Their assertion shows, of course, what as mess the biological species concept is. If anyone does think all those breeds of dogs are really species, well… Read More ›

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post

Author
Denyse O'Leary

Date
May 16, 2019

Categories
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
speciation
Tagged
, Neanderthals, teeth}

Researchers: Tooth studies show that Neanderthals “split” from modern humans 800 kya, not 300-500 kya

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May 16, 2019

Human evolution, Intelligent Design, speciation

3}

If Neanderthals “diverged” from “modern humans” 800,000 years ago but many of us have Neanderthal genes (yeah, 23andMe stuff, for sure), what chance is there that much of the contention is based on the fact that we don’t really know enough to be sure of very many things? Read More ›