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Dembski: Information Is the Heart of the Matter

If information, not matter, is the basic stuff of reality, how would this change the way we look at the world? Read More ›
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No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Read More ›
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On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

Rather than refute Harris by pointing out why his statement scores high on the irony meter, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to do it for me. Read More ›
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Optimization: A Key Concept in Intelligent Design

Portraying neo-Darwinism’s mechanisms as optimization strategies is wishful thinking. Read More ›
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Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›
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If No One Can Play It, Is It Music?

Archiving music in DNA for future generations sounds promising, as long as the playback directions are not forgotten. Read More ›

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