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Truth and Trust in Large Language Models

How much truth is ChatGPT or Gemini giving us? How much can we trust their answers to queries? As we'll see, LLMs can lay no claim to truth. Read More ›
Beetles collected by Charles Darwin
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Darwin’s Bluff Is a Number 1 New Release on Amazon!

Charles Darwin seems never to have been with honest with himself about the fact that his big book about the actual evidence for his theory could not be written. Read More ›
Rosetta Stone
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Top Five Questions on the Origin of Language — Answered!

We aren’t even sure which is the world’s oldest spoken language, though Hebrew, Arabic, and Chinese have impressively long histories. Read More ›
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Barbieri’s Dilemma: Biological Information without Intelligence

The problem is obvious: Information is by its nature immaterial. It is measured in bits, not kilograms or joules. Read More ›
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Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink

The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›
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After Weaponizing Evolution, New Atheists Are Unhappy with Results

Richard Dawkins says he finds it “depressing” that people now think he’s “right-wing,” even a “right-wing extremist,” because he’s anti-woke. Read More ›
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Introducing Online High School Chemistry with an Intelligent Design Perspective

This chemistry course is unique among other available chemistry courses because it’s connected with Discovery Institute. Read More ›
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Luskin: Book Banning? Woke Forces Know All About That; They Practiced on Us

"Those 49 words — suggesting that students consult a library book if they wanted to learn more about a scientific idea — were too much for the thought police." Read More ›
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Why Mathematics and Literature Point to Intelligent Design

In an era where un-design is celebrated, a mathematician shows that structure and order are inherent in both literature and the universe. Read More ›
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Here’s Another Transhumanist Dream Come True — Revisiting Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451

Despite all the transhumanist predictions of the Singularity, it’s hard to dismiss the fact that to a certain degree we’ve already merged with our machines. Read More ›

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