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If You Care About Faith, Bring on the Aliens, Mr. Spielberg!

Luskin: "If alien life does exist, and if it looks or works even remotely like human biology, then it did not arise by blind evolution." Read More ›
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Of Bee Brains, ChatGPT, and Fists of Ham

Happily, a recent philosopher has provided some intellectual tools for avoiding the sort of ham-fisted either/or approach to consciousness. Read More ›
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A Dose of Engineering Realism Over AI Hype

Dr. Donald C. Wunsch has spent decades working at the intersection of engineering, AI, and real-world systems. Read More ›
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Molecular Biologist Marci Reeves on the Principles of Scientific Thinking

She uses the analogy of a beautifully frosted cake. The bottom layer is the raw data, while additional layers include interpretation, narrative, and hype. Read More ›
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AI Consciousness Hype “Conflates Simulation with Instantiation”

Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviewed a Spanish physicist turned neuroscientist, Àlex Gómez-Marín, on whether AI can become conscious. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: AI, Robots, and Moravec’s Paradox

Dr. Richards punctures the illusions of AI hype. One is that AI is something really new. Read More ›
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What Drives All that “New Physics” Hype? Could It Be Fear of Intelligent Design?

Many thinkers are troubled by the massive evidence for fine-tuning of our universe. They want to believe that a multiverse just popped into existence. Read More ›
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Is Daphnia Evolving at “Lightning Speed”?

If this is a prime example of the transformative power of evolution, the evidence is not at all impressive. Read More ›
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Meyer and Tour on New Critiques of Origin-of-Life Research

Biochemist Nick Lane and bio-engineer Joana Xavier have given a sobering assessment of the origin-of-life research field. Read More ›
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Fact Check: A “Monumental” Breakthrough in Understanding Life’s Origin?

The lauding of Gerald Joyce’s research is pure hype. His results only further demonstrate the absolute necessity of intelligent agency. Read More ›

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