Media Archive: Fall Colors, Goby Fish, Virus Motor, Planets, Hiking, St Luke, More October 19, 2024 Fall colors and St. Luke: here are some of the stories we were reporting in October 2001. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science More Proof that the Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Fake May 10, 2023 Only an ignorant person would use the Dunning-Kruger Effect to shame you, says a mathematician. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science On the Origin of Speciesism, Part 2 February 3, 2023 Policies against "speciesism" would effectively end civilization as we know it. Citizens must be informed about this new "ism" from secular science. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Mindless Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Understand What It Says March 14, 2021 Artificial intelligence is getting so good, it can fool most people, but it lacks what humans need for trust: integrity. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Brain Makes Automatic Statistical Inference May 27, 2019 Your brain isn't a computer, but contains a powerful one. CONTINUE READING
Dating Methods Counting Craters: Bad Assumptions Undermine Reliability January 29, 2019 A new chronology of Earth/moon history reaches conclusions that are so assumption-ridden as to be worthless. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain Evolutionists Think Your Brain is a Mistake June 6, 2018 No religion teaches a miracle as absurd as the idea that a mutation led to human intelligence. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain The Mind-Body Problem Has Not Been Solved by Naturalism March 17, 2018 Several news stories bring back the issue of mind-body dualism with a vengeance. CONTINUE READING
Cosmology Is Dark Matter a Myth? November 28, 2017 More precise tests continue to fail to find dark matter or dark energy. How long do scientists get to look for occult phenomena that may not be real? CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science Scientists Blind to Their Failings April 4, 2017 Scientism sounds appealing in theory. In practice, human scientists fall short of its ideals of enlightenment, progress and understanding. CONTINUE READING
Mind and Brain People Have an Innate Preference for Logical Truth January 2, 2017 Experiments show that logical conclusions reached by abstract reasoning make people feel better than illogical conclusions do. CONTINUE READING
Philosophy of Science If Science Cannot Prove Anything, What Is Its Value? April 21, 2015 An educator defends science while an astrophysicist undermines it. CONTINUE READING
Physics Classical Physics Is Non-Deterministic February 26, 2015 It's not just quantum mechanics that's weird. Reality—no matter the scientific foundation—is weird, too. CONTINUE READING
Birds How to Respect a Crow January 25, 2015 They're black and noisy, but the more you learn about crows, the more you will appreciate them—or at least respect them as you shoo them from your scarecrow. CONTINUE READING
Birds Birds Go Splat on Evolutionary Theories December 19, 2014 A flock of surprising traits of birds has dropped a load on simplistic notions of evolution. CONTINUE READING