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Watch: Animation Reveals the Intricacies of the Electron Transport Chain

In short, the electron transport chain involves the flow of electrons through a respiratory chain. Read More ›
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Image source: DALL-E, following prompts by William Dembski.

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 ›
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Meet the Materialist Magicians

As our first case study, let’s look at Gary Nolan. Nolan is a distinguished immunologist at Stanford who believes that aliens are visiting Earth. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour, via YouTube (screenshot).

James Tour Offers Three-Year Challenge to Lee Cronin to Demonstrate Legitimacy of Assembly Theory

After Tour publicly quoted Cronin’s assessment of the field, Cronin responded by claiming he was speaking “tongue-in-cheek.” Read More ›
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Healthy Debate? No Thanks, Says National Association of Biology Teachers

One way mainstream science seeks to stifle opposition is by simply refusing to discuss or debate opposing views.  Read More ›
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War on Human Exceptionalism Turns to Tool Use

As the academic war on human exceptionalism motors on, researchers’ thinking sometimes shorts out — and they don’t even notice. Read More ›
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Image: Statue of Atlas, Rockefeller Center, NYC; photograph by Michael Greene; sculpture by Lee Lawrie; public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Evolution’s Demigods: Reviewing the Tour vs. Cronin Debate

Says Brian Miller, “What a lot of origin-of-life people do is talk about natural selection as a demigod with creative agency." Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour, in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

On the Origin of Life, Astrophysicist Paul Sutter Seems to Agree with James Tour

Quick, let's tweet that to Professor Dave — oh, wait... His account on the X platform has been suspended. Read More ›
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Photo: James Tour in a scene from Science Uprising, via Discovery Institute.

Debate Review: Jim Tour vs Lee Cronin at Harvard

In 2021, chemist Dr. Lee Cronin declared publicly that “Origin of life research is a scam.” He later said he was only joking. Read More ›
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Will Scientists Now Consider Occult as Science?

“My truth” or (for grammatical convenience) “private truth” is making serious headway against public truth. Read More ›

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