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Your Mind Uploaded to AI Would Not Be You

In death, the immortal mind, whose memories the computer supposedly holds, has moved on. The simulation may be a good one but it is not a surviving self. Read More ›
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Bill Dembski: Pursuing Truth and Trust in AI and LLMs

Dembski and I also explore the potential for AI to enhance human capabilities and education if used judiciously. Read More ›
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How the “Scientific Community” Undermines Its Own Trustworthiness

The “file drawer problem” leads invariably to biased reporting. It refers to scientists deciding not to report negative results. Read More ›
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“Indigenous Wisdom” Would Make Environmental Science Less Scientific

Indigenous people were and are keen observers of nature but modern environment policy needs to be deeply rooted in science as well as culture. Read More ›
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A Crowd-Sourced Solar Eclipse Experiment

The Sensor Logger phone app can record and store the readings from any combination of your phone’s sensors. Read More ›
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Data Can Appear in Science Journals — Out of Thin Air

While many researchers decried the results, University of Copenhagen econometrician Søren Johansen said something worth pondering. Read More ›
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Fossil Friday: Fossil Bird Tracks Expand the Temporal Paradox

The origin of birds involves a severe problem for Darwinists, which paleo-ornithologist Alan Feduccia has called a temporal paradox. Read More ›
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New on YouTube: Michael Behe Unravels the Mystery of Biological Information — And the Marvel of Bones

The question posed by considering evolutionary theory versus intelligent design is whether a marvel like the femur could have arisen by chance-driven processes. Read More ›
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New Nobel Laureate, Svante Pääbo, on the “Politics” of Paleontology and Humans Origins

These are welcome and candid observations, refuting notions that human origins is a fully objective area of research. Read More ›
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Can Materialistic Models Accommodate the Scientific Data?

Would you believe someone who claimed that fairies and leprechauns were caught on video, but they are too small or too fast to be seen? Read More ›

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