Tag: mind

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News
Date
May 14, 2024

Categorized
Information Theory

Tagged
Being as Communion, Consciousness, Information, Intelligent Design, James Tour, John West, Materialism, Matter, mind, Patterns, William Dembski}

Dembski: Information is the Basic Stuff of Reality

_{It's information all the way down, says mathematician and philosopher William Dembski} _{News
May 14, 2024

Information Theory}

If information, not matter, is the basic stuff of reality, how would this change the way we look at the world? On a classic episode of ID the Future, Center for Science and Culture Managing Director John West sits down with mathematician and philosopher William Dembski to discuss his 2014 book Being as Communion: A Metaphysics of Information. Building on his previous books making a case for intelligent design, Being as Communion presents a metaphysical framework for an informational world that can accommodate intelligent design. One of Dembski’s key arguments is that matter isn’t the fundamental unit of reality. “Everything that we call matter reveals itself through patterns, through information,” says Dr. Dembski. To get to the heart of the matter, we must look Read More ›

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Joshua R. Farris
Date
May 1, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Agency, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Atheism, ChatGPT, Consciousness, free will, Materialism, Matter, mind, Oxford, Sean Carroll}

No, Chatbots Are Not Conscious

_{The arguments in favor of computer consciousness remain weak} _{Joshua R. Farris
May 1, 2024

Artificial Intelligence}

In the midst of all the chatter surrounding AI and chatbots, one might be led to believe that the concepts of consciousness or even the soul, let alone the afterlife, are simply relics of outdated beliefs. This sentiment is often echoed by some scientists, raising the question: Is this truly the case? And should we readily accept this perspective? In a recent episode of Mindscape, renowned philosopher and cognitive scientist Raphael Millerie, who boasts an Oxford education and is now a fellow at the Center of Science and Society, teamed up with Sean Carroll, a prominent theoretical physicist known for debunking notions of the soul and the afterlife, to delve into the world of chatbots and AI (see episode 230). Read More ›

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News
Date
April 17, 2024

Categorized
Natural Intelligence

Tagged
Consciousness, Evolution, Matter, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters podcast}

Could Consciousness Have Evolved?

_{Michael Egnor takes a hard look at the evidence in this classic podcast episode.} _{News
April 17, 2024

Natural Intelligence}

On a classic episode of ID the Future, neurosurgeon Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Did consciousness evolve? What does the evidence suggest? And how do materialists deal with the seemingly immaterial reality that is consciousness? Enjoy this guest episode from Mind Matters, a podcast of Discovery Institute’s Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence. Dig Deeper Cross-posted at Evolution News.

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News
Date
April 11, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Consciousness, Creativity, mind, Robert J. Marks}

Meta AI Scientist: AGI is a Pipe Dream

_{Human intelligence still can't be matched by a soulless algorithm} _{News
April 11, 2024

Artificial Intelligence}

Predictions on AI’s ever-developing complexity have tech optimists counting the days until the machine replaces the human mind. Artificial general intelligence is the term they use to describe the point in which AI will officially overtake human intelligence. However, certain experts in the field, among them Robert J. Marks, host of the Mind Matters podcast, protest the assumption. AI researcher and scientist Yann LeCun, the AI chief at Meta, said recently that the current AI systems are nowhere close to achieving human-like intelligence. LeCun said, “We’re easily fooled into thinking they are intelligent because of their fluency with language, but really, their understanding of reality is very superficial,” he said. “They’re useful, there’s no question about that. But on the Read More ›

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Peter Biles
Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
education, IQ, mind, Neuroscience, transcendence}

Thinking of the “Bigger Picture”

_{New study on how transcendent thinking enhances and improves the brain in adolescents} _{Peter Biles
March 22, 2024

Neuroscience}

Going beyond worksheets and standardized tests to grapple with "the bigger picture" looks to be the sort of education we all need the most. Read More ›

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News
Date
March 22, 2024

Categorized
Philosophy

Tagged
Matter, mind, Minding the Brain, Naturalism, Philosophy, Robert J. Marks}

Doesn’t Methodological Naturalism Refute Itself?

_{Listen to the new podcast episode discussing this question} _{News
March 22, 2024

Philosophy}

Get caught up with the Mind Matters podcast by listening to this special episode featuring hosts Angus Menuge and Robert J. Marks and their guest, Dr. Robert Larmer. Dr. Larmer wrote a fascinating chapter in last year’s groundbreaking book Minding the Brain, and sat down with Mind Matters to discuss the limits of “methodological naturalism.” For Larmer, this approach to getting knowledge is limited because it rules out non-physical causes, even if they exist. In addition, holding to naturalism at all costs can undermine our self-understanding as rational agents. How can we trust our brains? Does the physical activity in our brains correlate with non-physical mental states? Find out more by listening to Part One of the conversation here. Be Read More ›

Artificial neuron in concept of artificial intelligence. Wall-shaped binary codes make transmission lines of pulses and/or information in an analogy to a microchip.

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J.R. Miller
Date
March 8, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, BibleGPT, ChatGPT, Consciousness, discipleship, Information, knowledge, mind, religion, Wisdom}

Wrestling with AI: Making More and Better Disciples

_{AI may have "knowledge," but it lacks wisdom.} _{J.R. Miller
March 8, 2024

Artificial Intelligence}

Even if it were possible that AI reaches consciousness — it will never have the mind of Christ. Read More ›

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Peter Biles
Date
February 1, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
ai and copyright, Arts and Culture, ChatGPT, Creative Writing, Japan, Literature, mind, Novel, Rie Judan, robotics}

Japanese Novelist Who Won Prestigious Literary Award Unabashedly Used ChatGPT

_{Meanwhile, authors in the United States are waging war against AI for copyright violation} _{Peter Biles
February 1, 2024

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

While stylistically, the prose AI "created" for Karan's novel might be "flawless," it lacks credibility because it lacks the human voice. Read More ›

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Joshua R. Farris
Date
December 22, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Artificial Intelligence, brain chemistry, brains, Consciousness, machine, mind}

Defending Why We’re More than Machines

_{We need to look beyond materialism to understand what it means to be human.} _{Joshua R. Farris
December 22, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

If something like dualism is true, then it goes a long way to showing the implausibility of the idea that we are solely meat machines, robots, etc. Read More ›

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Angus J. Menuge
Date
December 15, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Consciousness, Discovery Institute, Dualism, Materialism, Mental states, mind, mind and brain, Minding the Brain, Physicalism, science, substance dualism}

Science Needs a Mind to Work

_{The use of science to discredit the existence of mental subjects is fatally flawed.} _{Angus J. Menuge
December 15, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused. Read More ›

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Joshua Farris, R.T Mullins
Date
December 12, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
atomic physics, Atoms, Consciousness, god, Materialism, mind, Philip Goff, Physics, Theism}

Philip Goff’s “Why” and Inflated Success

_{We are still nowhere closer to arriving at a science of consciousness} _{Joshua Farris, R.T Mullins
December 12, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

There’s little of substance favoring this new theory of consciousness. We still need something like a god piloting the universe. Read More ›

Two Scientists in the Brain Research Laboratory work on a Project, Using Personal Computer with MRI Scans Show Brain Anomalies. Neuroscientists at Work.

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News
Date
December 7, 2023

Categorized
Neuroscience

Tagged
brain, Brain research, Joseph Green, Limitations, mind, Minding the Brain (book), Minding the Brain (Discovery Institute Press 2023), Neuroscience}

On the Limitations of Cutting-Edge Neuroscience

_{Neuroscientist Joseph Green separates the hype from reality when it comes to current brain research.} _{News
December 7, 2023

Neuroscience}

The current dogma that pervades neuroscience is established by intellectual pressure rather than solid scientific evidence. Read More ›

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Peter Biles
Date
December 5, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
AI, AI art, Author, Beauty, ChatGPT, mind, Picasso, YouTube}

Why AI Can’t Create Genuine Beauty

_{AI, though a helpful tool in certain contexts, cannot replace the intentionality and creativity of the human person.} _{Peter Biles
December 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

If our experiences are all just brain chemicals responding to different gradations of light, it would seem nigh impossible to defend beauty. Read More ›

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
October 31, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Darwin, Materialism, Matter, mind}

Materialism Can’t Account for Beauty

_{Concepts like truth, beauty, and goodness can't be derived from the material world} _{Andrew McDiarmid
October 31, 2023

Philosophy}

Ann Gauger holds that truth, beauty, and goodness are hallmarks of a designed world. Read More ›

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Michael Egnor
Date
October 24, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Evolution, free will, Materialism, Michael Egnor, mind, Philosophy of Mind}

How Could Human Consciousness “Evolve”?

_{Human consciousness entails a unique human ability to think abstractly .} _{Michael Egnor
October 24, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

According to Darwinian “science,” things changed, survivors survived, and the human ability to think abstractly materialized out of thin air. Read More ›

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News
Date
October 4, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Angus Menuge, Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, Mental states, mind, Minding the Brain, Nobel Prize, Physicalism, Scientism, Scientists}

When Science Points Beyond the Physical

_{The idea that science has somehow shown the irrelevance of the mind to explaining behavior is seriously confused.} _{News
October 4, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

Any attempt to use science to discredit the existence of mental subjects is fatally flawed because the bedrock data for all science comes from observation. Read More ›

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Robert J. Marks
Date
September 25, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Consciousness, Materialism, Matter, mind, Minding the Brain (book), Robert J. Marks}

An Introduction to Minding the Brain

_{Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain?} _{Robert J. Marks
September 25, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

Editor’s note: We are delighted to welcome the new book from Discovery Institute Press, Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science, edited by Angus J. Menuge, Brian R. Krouse, and Robert J. Marks. Below is an excerpt from the Introduction. Look for more information at MindingtheBrain.org. Is your mind the same thing as your brain? Or are there aspects of mind that are external to the biology of the brain? This question, referred to as the mind-body problem or the mind-brain problem, has been debated for centuries and has captivated curious minds since the dawn of human contemplation. What is the relationship between our mental life and physical body? Intuition suggests our subjective experience of the world is tightly Read More ›

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News
Date
September 19, 2023

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
mind, mind-brain problem, Minding the Brain, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Robert J. Marks}

The Mind is More than the Brain

_{A new anthology, out today, features 25 philosophers with fresh insights on the mind-body problem.} _{News
September 19, 2023

Philosophy of Mind}

Their provocative conclusion? The mind is indeed more than the brain. We will be offering brief excerpts here in weeks to come. Read More ›

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Joshua Farris and Michael Egnor
Date
September 14, 2023

Tagged
Immaterial Substance, Joshua Farris, Materialism, Michaeal Egnor, mind, Theism}

The Person as “Immaterial Substance”

_{Joshua Farris and Michael Egnor
September 14, 2023}

Is there substantial evidence that we are more than our bodies? And does that point to the existence of God? Theological anthropologist Dr. Joshua Farris thinks so. In this podcast episode, Farris speaks with host and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor to talk about materialism, mind, and theism, as well as Farris’ new book: The Creation of Self. Additional Resources

Visualizatipon of human consciousness in artificial intelligence, process of thinking robot. Humanoid android on dark background with neurals connection. Created with Generative AI

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David Hsing
Date
September 6, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Can AI be concious, ChatGPT, Coding, Consciousness, David Hsing, Decision, Funtionalism, Machine Learning, mind, Noncomputability}

Artificial Consciousness Remains Impossible (Part 2)

_{A machine no more “does things on its own” than a catapult flings by itself.} _{David Hsing
September 6, 2023

Artificial Intelligence}

Randomness is a red herring when it comes to serving as an indicator of consciousness. Read More ›