SCT: You Can Only Have Thick Darwinism
April 25, 2026
An eye-opening paper dismisses the idea that you can thin Darwinism down to just a theory about biology.
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AI Scientist Writes Its Own Science Paper
April 24, 2026
Tokyo researcher develops the ‘AI Scientist’ that automates the entire scientific workflow for peer-reviewed article generation. We reflect on these developments from an ethical perspective.
How to Teach AI to Reason Scientifically
February 6, 2026
AI inherits the naturalistic biases that are deeply embedded in our culture, but can learn to judge evidence.
Archive: Membrane Channels, Molecular Machines, Censorship, Cave Art, More
January 17, 2025
Breakthroughs, controversies, and scientists acting badly: these are other reports recovered from January 2002.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Brain Makes Automatic Statistical Inference
May 27, 2019
Your brain isn't a computer, but contains a powerful one.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.