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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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free speech
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PNAS Paper: “Scientific Censorship Appears to Be Increasing”

The intelligent design community is well aware of the problem. One section in the paper that categorizes types of persecution sounds alarmingly familiar. Read More ›
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Why Free Will Denial Is Self-Refuting

The only "scientific" basis for the denial of free will is determinism, the theory that every change in nature is determined prior to its occurrence. Read More ›
Merced River
Image: Merced River, Yosemite Valley, by American painter Albert Bierstadt. Public Domain. Not generated by AI.

Why Scientific Materialism Is No Match for Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

These abstract concepts don’t derive from the material world, yet we feel impoverished without them; they’re foundations of a life worth living. Read More ›
J.P. Moreland
Photo: J.P. Moreland, screen shot from a video promoting the book Theistic Evolution, via Crossway Books.

J. P. Moreland on the Contradictions of Scientism

Scientism is the belief that only the hard sciences can provide any reliably true knowledge. Read More ›
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God’s Grandeur: Some Resources to Explore

How many people are willing to give up morality, rationality, free will, truth, beauty, and goodness as valuable concepts based on reality? Read More ›
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How to Break ChatGPT

One problem it has consistently displayed, and which shows that it lacks understanding, is its difficulty dealing with self-reference.  Read More ›
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irreducible complexity
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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In Pope Benedict XVI, Science Had a Friend and Neo-Darwinism a Foe

That Benedict meant to implicate neo-Darwinism in its flight from evidence is not mere wishful thinking on the part of the design community. Read More ›
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Photo: Charles Darwin in 1855, by Maull and Polyblank, Literary and Scientific Portrait Club, via Wikimedia Commons.

Theory in Crisis? Some Cautionary Words

Philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn was criticized for various inconsistencies in his argument. Read More ›

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