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Dreaming Animals and Human Exceptionalism: Denyse O'Leary; October 3, 2023; 4

Paper Digest: What Mutation Accumulation Tells Us About Evolution: Emily Reeves; October 3, 2023; 7

Report: Homelessness Data Reveal Reasons for Collapse of King County Outreach Program: Center on Wealth & Poverty; September 21, 2023; 3

Rich But Bankrupt: Entrepreneurs Make Us Wealthier While Government Money Managers Lead Us to Ruin: Richard Rahn; September 19, 2023; 5

Constitution Day—September 17—Reminds Us that People’s Potential Is Unleashed by Limited Government: Scott S. Powell; September 16, 2023; 6

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I’m Running for President — You Could Do Worse (and Probably Will)

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September 29, 2023
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My fellow citizens: I hereby announce my candidacy for president. I'm 82 now, and am finally old enough. When I told my wife, she said, “Well, they could do worse. And probably will.” That will be my campaign slogan, “You Could Do Worse.”

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Dr. Keri D. Ingraham: Policy Focus: Education Savings Accounts | She Thinks

The Codes of Life: Your Amazing Information: The Center for Science and Culture; September 12, 2023

Keri Ingraham on Fox News’ Lawrence Jones Cross Country: Keri D. Ingraham; August 23, 2023

Information: The Foundation of Life: Michael J. Behe; August 22, 2023

Keri Ingraham on Fox News Night with Trace Gallagher: Keri D. Ingraham; August 18, 2023

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Podcast

Minding the Brain: Discussing the Groundbreaking New Book on the Mind-Brain Problem

_{Robert J. Marks II
September 28, 2023}

Is the mind more than the brain? If so, what’s the difference? In today’s episode, Pat Flynn interviews the editors of the brand-new book Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science. Together, they discuss different perspectives on the mind-brain problem, consciousness, and the limits of materialism. Additional Resources Minding the Brain: Models of the Mind, Information, and Empirical Science Ranked #1 on Amazon.com in New Releases in Cognitive Psychology Robert J. Marks at Discovery.org Brian Krouse at Discovery.org Angus J. L. Menuge at Discovery.org Podcast …

Minimal Replication Fidelity: Another Problem for the RNA World Hypothesis

_{Jonathan McLatchie
September 27, 2023}

The RNA world is proposed by some to explain how early life began before DNA. But is RNA capable of maintaining a life-friendly self-replication rate? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid welcomes back Dr. Jonathan McLatchie to discuss another headache for the RNA world scenario. Before a trial and error process like natural selection can even get started, self-replicating molecules must have a minimal accuracy rate to copy genetic material effectively. The required fidelity rate is estimated to be 2%. Any error rate higher than that results in error catastrophe for organisms. The average error rate in RNA copying is estimated to be around 17%, vastly higher than the estimated maximum error threshold for survival. McLatchie explains the implications of this for chemical …

Alice Stewart on the Crisis of Trust in the American Media

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2023}

A vibrant and engaged media is essential to protecting American liberty—which is why the First Amendment provides such a strong protection for freedom of the press. If the media are to carry out their societal responsibilities, journalists must have the trust of news consumers. But these days, trust is in low supply. An October 2022 Gallup Poll found that only 34% of Americans trust the mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.” Why are the media experiencing this profound crisis of trust and what can be done about it? Wesley’s guest on this episode of Humanize has some valuable insights. Alice Stewart has worked on both sides of the microphone, both as a source for reporters and a journalist in her own right. She was Communications Director for the …

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Is AI “generative” or degenerative? Does it usurp humans, or save us from new perils? This year’s COSM Technology Summit, to be held November 1-3 in Bellevue, Washington at the Bellevue Hyatt, will transcend these limited visions.COSM is an exclusive national summit on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know

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God’s Splendor in the Universe

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We invite you to save the date for God’s Splendor in the Universe — the 12th Annual Westminster Conference on Science & Faith, scheduled for September 20–21, 2024 in the Philadelphia area. This 2-day conference will explore the finely-tuned design of the cosmos, the uniqueness of our solar system and planet, and implications on faith. Speakers will include philosopher Jay Richards and astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez, co-authors of The Privileged Planet, and distinguished professor Dr. Vern Poythress of Westminster Theological Seminary. The conference will coincide with the release of an updated and expanded 20th-anniversary edition of The Privileged Planet, a seminal book on the fine-tuning of our planet for life and scientific discovery. This annual conference …

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