In Copernicus’ day, the Earth was thought to be at the bottom of the universe, the “sump” where all the filth collected. Source Read More Evolution News
Category: Science
Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success
The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Source Read More Evolution News
Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms
It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm. Source Read More Evolution News
Why Science and Atheism Don’t Mix
Physicist John Polkinghorne says that the reduction of mental events to physics and chemistry destroys meaning. Source Read More Evolution News
COVID-19 and Biochemical Design
On a webinar today, I will discuss viruses in historical time, their basic biochemical design, where they came from, and what they might evolve into. Source Read More Evolution News
Politicized Science Can Be Deadly; Time to Restore Integrity
Imagine there was a pandemic and people found themselves greeting statements from scientists, conveyed by the media, with increasing jaded skepticism. Source Read More Evolution News
Chromosome Dynamics Has Egg-centric Features
In the words of Robert Rosen we have to “drastically reconsider what is meant by “genetic information.’” Source Read More Evolution News
Design in Virology? Webinars to Examine COVID-19
The United Kingdom’s Centre for Intelligent Design will host a series of YouTube livestreams, beginning this Friday, July 17. Source Read More Evolution News
The State-of-the-Art in Evolutionary Computation
As with early AI, the claims are inflated, unsupported, and the solutions do not scale to real world problems. Perhaps an EA “winter” is long overdue. Source Read More Evolution…
The Advantages of a Bayesian Approach to ID
Lydia McGrew gives the analogy that there is always a possibility that prehistoric civilizations did not have the ability or desire to make arrowheads. Source Read More Evolution News