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Shadowlands Science Selections

Recommendations for July

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Shadowlands Dispatch and Rebekah E. Valerius
Jul 29, 2026
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“Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator.”

C.S. Lewis, “Miracles”


Shadowlands Science Selections is a column of resources and recommendations from the writing team at Shadowlands Dispatch that is specifically concerned with science and technology.

This month, we are focusing on recent developments in AI and resources that can help you navigate claims about its similarity to human cognition and consciousness. We highlight several resources that draw on C.S. Lewis’s Argument from Reason and Stephen Meyer’s concept of specified complexity in critiquing the claims.

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