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George Gilder

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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 22, 2020
Categories
Intelligent Design
Mind
Neuroscience
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Futurist George Gilder: Humans don’t treat physical and chemical forces or clock pulses the way computers do

News
November 22, 2020
Intelligent Design, Mind, Neuroscience
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As one of the fundamental dimensions of the universe, time doubtless has a regular flow. But people stuck behind a flock of Canada geese crossing a road don’t experience time in the same way as people rushing to complete a report in time for the Big Board Meeting in two hours. Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
November 10, 2020
Categories
Intelligent Design
Irreducible Complexity
Neuroscience
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Because nature is full of intelligence, the more we learn, even about a worm, the less we “know”

News
November 10, 2020
Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, Neuroscience
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Gilder on a researcher friend: "the more he learned about the brain of a nematode, the less he felt he knew… And the oceans of reality lay still far beyond his reach and beyond his ken." Read More ›
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post
Author
Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 27, 2020
Categories
Cell biology
Genetics
Intelligent Design
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If we need AlphaFold to figure out protein folding, how likely is protein folding to be a product of mere chance?

News
October 27, 2020
Cell biology, Genetics, Intelligent Design
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We are told by many philosophers that life came to exist on Earth purely by chance. How likely is that, given the intricacy of the machinery that governs our bodies, such that someone needs to design AlphaFold to figure it out? Read More ›