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Leveraging the Design Inference for Effectively Falsifying Data

The academy raises generation after generation of inept data falsifiers who embrace the foolish naiveté that their shenanigans are immune to discovery. Read More ›
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Slouching Toward Totalitarianism — How to Fight Science Censorship

Scientific censorship is on the rise. Governments are colluding with Big Tech to suppress unfavorable ideas Read More ›
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The Connection Between Intelligence and Information

Information is everywhere in the sciences. Yet scientists often ignore the connection of intelligence to information. Read More ›
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Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›
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ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance

When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Read More ›
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Astrobiologists Offer an “Information-Based View of the Biosphere”

Even if their estimates need to be revised by a terabase or two someday, they have made it clear that our biosphere is awash in information. Read More ›
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“Lived Experience” Is Science’s Blind Spot

They are right about the dead ends. But is it true that the dead ends result merely from ignoring human experience? Read More ›
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Orgelian Specified Complexity

I have presented Orgel’s account of specified complexity so readers can decide which they prefer, Orgel’s or the one described in this series. Read More ›
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Shannon and Kolmogorov Information

There’s a deep connection between probability and complexity. This connection is made clear in Shannon’s theory of information. Read More ›
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Can Evolution and Intelligent Design Be Happily Wedded?

Casey Luskin kicks off a series of interviews responding to theologian Dr. Rope Kojonen’s proposal. Read More ›

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