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Geneticist: On Human-Chimp Genome Similarity, There Are “Predictions” Not “Established Fact”

Richard Buggs gives us a look inside the sausage factory where figures on the subject are calculated. Read More ›
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What to Fear? Jay Richards’s The Human Advantage Is Out!

The scary thing about AI and related advances in technology is not what it will to do us — like put us all out of work — but what we’ll do with it to ourselves and each other.  Read More ›
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New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›
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March for Science Is Back — Time to Talk About the Much Abused Idea of Scientific “Consensus”

Nothing could be timelier than a conversation between Jay Richards and Michael Medved about when it’s permissible to doubt a scientific “consensus.” Read More ›
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Kevin Williamson and All That: Missing the Big Story on Free Speech

People who care about defending freedom of expression are grateful for just about any attention the issue receives from the media. Read More ›
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Two Laws of Discourse About Science in Pop Culture

As presented by prestige media outlets, the evolution debate never really advances beyond 1925, the year of the Scopes trial. Read More ›
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Michael Medved and Richard Weikart Lay Bare the Evolutionary Roots of Nazism

Weikart, a meticulous scholar, traces the connection in his book From Darwin to Hitler, demonstrating that Darwin’s theory is tainted at its origins. Read More ›
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Great Minds Podcast Launches Thursday — Q&A with Michael Medved Today

What do we miss, as members of the public, by focusing on daily headlines rather than pulling back for the big picture sometimes? Read More ›
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On the Role of Technology in Culture, Walt Disney’s Ambivalence Is Still with Us

Pulling kids away from mindless tweenybopper fare on the Disney Channel is a familiar routine in our home. Read More ›
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Photo: Reporter at a press conference, 12/14/15, by D. Myles Cullen, via Department of Defense.

“Fake News” Isn’t a Phony Concept, as Media and Wikipedia Coverage of Intelligent Design Shows

The interesting psychological issue here turns upon the question of whether these people are deliberately lying or not. Read More ›

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