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Fantastic Four and a Walk-On for Darwin

Great tensions fuel engaging drama, always. If there’s a conflict, it has to be stark and serious, and the stakes have to be high.  Read More ›
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Frightening Recommendations from Francis Collins

The former NIH head thinks the government didn't exert enough control during the last pandemic. Read More ›
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You Thought the Internet Would Make Life Easier? Get Ready for Mandatory “Personhood Credentials”

Governments have proven themselves quite incapable of keeping information private, as have the largest corporations. Read More ›
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Artificial General Intelligence: Destroying the Idol

Even those doing the most to build and publicize the AGI idol do not wish it on their children. Read More ›
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Pressure, Propaganda, and Persecution through Mimesis

French philosopher René Girard discovered something new, new but very old, about human behavior. Read More ›
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Thoughts of Goodness in an Evolutionary World

What you’d expect is humans more or less on the level of animals — not greatly exceeding them in evil, or greatly transcending them in good.  Read More ›
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“Well, Everyone Has to Have a Birthday” — How Professor Dave Botches Probability

Farina misses the key second component of design inferences. His pattern of birthdays is completely unspecified. Read More ›
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Image: Bacterial flagellar motor, from Unlocking the Mystery of Life, Illustra Media.

Uncommon Descent — A Farewell and Remembrance

I didn’t know what to expect from the blog when it started, but it quickly developed a following that was gratifying to see. Read More ›
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Transforming WHO into a Public-Health Technocracy

This treaty would be the first essential step in granting WHO the actual power to impose policies instead of relying, as now, on persuasion. Read More ›
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Livestream the Dallas Conference on Science & Faith

Our 2023 Dallas Conference on Science & Faith, this coming Friday and Saturday, is quite different from past years. Read More ›

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