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Trust in news media plummets further

Thought from an old hack: When mainstream media really mattered — say in the 1970s — they told us things it would have been difficult for us to find out otherwise. Those times are gone. Anyone with an internet connection can find out all kinds of things from a variety of sources. So values like objectivity matter much less to the MSM and they readily ally with any political group that will – by various means – help keep them in business. Read More ›

Abraham Lincoln’s odd connection with Darwin

At this point, Darwinism) is simply a religion, one of the strands of “the Science” now promoted by publications like Scientific American and Nature that used to retail science, as such, for popular understanding. Read More ›

Museum in Japan: Rocks with human-like faces

Of course, it’s like faces in the clouds but more durable. That is, among a hundred thousand rocks, one is bound to look like something and stay that way for a while. Is this complexity without the “specified” part — as in specified complexity? Read More ›

ChatGPT agrees with the Factory maker argument

Me: The odds to have even one very short gene with functional information are beyond what chance could produce, right ?ChatGTP:  Yes, that is correct. The probability of even a short functional gene arising by chance is extremely low. This is due to the immense complexity and specificity of the genetic code, as well as the precise arrangement of nucleotides required for proper gene function. The odds of even a small section of DNA randomly achieving the necessary sequence to encode a functional protein are astronomically low, making it highly unlikely that the genetic code and the information it contains arose purely by chance. Me: So it is more likely, that such information is due to the action of an intelligent agent, right Read More ›

At Science Daily: Bacteria and humans have similar defenses against viruses

Any life form needs a strategy for dealing with viruses. Humans, bacteria, and perhaps countless other life forms may have hit on the same one - convergent evolution Read More ›

Paul Davies at Closer to Truth: Do ultimate questions evolve?

Note: If the questions are really ultimate questions, they can’t evolve. That’s what “ultimate” means: It’s the last one. But perhaps Davies and various readers have a different view. Read More ›

A mind-controlled wheelchair is a case for the reality of the human mind. Discuss.

From The Scientist: "Three people with limited to no mobility in their limbs were able to navigate a specially designed wheelchair just by thinking about where they wanted to go, a study published today (November 18) in iScience reports. " Read More ›

Bad data from the academy? Darwinism makes it worse

But by embracing a Darwinian perspective, Breuning flushed down the toilet any chance of understanding the reality of human life and the human mind. Those pop psych academics she opposes are then doing the right thing and she should support them. Read More ›

Oxytocin — that supposedly creates attraction — not needed, new study shows

Well, it might be genes.... But gosh, if researchers can’t easily find a purely materialist explanation for devotion even in a rodent, why are we supposed to be listening to “the Voice of Science” on such topics where humans are concerned? Read More ›