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Can AI Help Stem the Tide of Fake Science Papers?
One problem is that science journals don’t do a very good job of establishing author identities. Chatbots are bound to make things worse
Woke Gobbledygook Now Passes for Erudition in Medical Journals
When science publications run policy bafflegab about healthcare reform instead of statements of hard facts about it— however dense they may be — science is the big loser
Gaia Reborn? New Climate Book Sees Earth as Living Entity
The Gaia hypothesis, pioneered by Lynn Margulis and James Lovelock was once ridiculed but Ferris Jabr thinks we should take it seriously to fight climate change
How I Turned My Smartphone Into a “Dumbphone”
I've had it being a pawn of Big Tech
A Man, A Boat, and a Goat — and a Chatbot!
Forty-five years ago, Douglas Hofstadter noted a key problem with AI: It can’t do the astonishing things our brains do, as chatbots reveal when asked to solve puzzles
Astrophysicist: Electricity Can Account For Human Consciousness
Ethan Siegel set out to show that there is no design in the universe and that included reducing consciousness to electricity, with the details still to be ironed out
Musk vs Australia: Down Under Is Down One For Now
A federal court has refused to extend the demand that Musk’s X platform remove videos showing the stabbing attack on Rev. Mar Mari Emmanuel
Dembski: Information is the Basic Stuff of Reality
It's information all the way down, says mathematician and philosopher William Dembski
Jerry Seinfeld Had a Bone to Pick with AI in His Duke Speech
Seinfeld: the implicit message of AI is that "you can't do it"
Science Team Argues, Consciousness Came Before Life
Can the authors take issue with Darwinian evolution claims while maintaining a materialist stance?
Norway Limits Phone Use in School. Did That Truly Help Students?
A Norwegian study says yes but some psychologists dismiss both the study and the limits for conflicting reasons
Hurry Up, Let Me Evolve Already
A review of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Why Did Our Ancestors Start Drawing in Caves and Making Jewelry?
For that matter, why did they choose to develop artworks around fossilized dinosaur footprints?
Extraterrestrials Are Clearly a Matter of Faith, Not Science
We can be quite sure that “They’re not out there” will never be the default hypothesis, as astrophysicist Ethan Seigel hopes
I, Robot Review, Part 3: Why Must Robots Always Enslave Us?
Even after watching the movie several times when I was younger, I’d still forgotten that Robertson wasn’t the main villain
Spaceman Review, Part 3: Inside the Chopra Cloud at Last
There has to be a gem inside this film somewhere because, despite all the problems, I still found myself rooting for Jakub and Lenka
Orangutan heals wound using leaves — and triggers big media event
The orangutan is not the first or only animal to self-medicate. Birds and elephants do it too
Arts major cracks hard math through practice, practice, practice
She became an engineering prof that way. The war on math is certainly not over but the warriors may be starting to find themselves on the back foot
Bill Dembski at COSM 2023
The mathematician and philosopher chats about AI and the questions it raises
Applying the Theory of Intelligent Design
What are ID's implications for economics, metaphysics, and computer science?
