A Start with Generative AI: OpenAI’s ChatGPT
A friend of mine is pretty much the sole technical talent at a start-up. Last month, we started chatting about
Read moreAntievolution
Responses to and critiques of the antievolution movement in all its forms
Harun Yahya Gets A Lonnnnnnnggggggg Prison Sentence
Turkish Islamic antievolutionist Harun Yahya (aka Adnan Oktar) got a 8,658 year prison sentence. The Mirror has the story. Their
Read moreDI Gets It Wrong Yet Again: Definitions v. Behavior, Hallucinating Text, and Impersonating an ESL Student
[Sometimes life slides by for a while. The following text has been languishing in ‘drafts’. I apparently wrote a good
Read moreMichigan Citizens for Science Has a New Domain
Things have been quiet on the evolution/creation front in Michigan. So quiet that the domain for Michigan Citizens for Science
Read moreMerry Kitzmas! Times Twelve
Twelve years flew by from the date Judge John E. Jones III handed down his decision in the Kitzmiller et
Read moreAnybody Up for Paying $40 to Visit a Theme Park Valued at $10?
I will note here that Answers In Genesis has accomplished the second sale of its Ark Encounter theme park near
Read moreConfusion on Falsifiability Still Prevalent at Discovery Institute
Yes, this is another “dog bites man” story, but it is probably worth memorializing that various and sundry “intelligent design”
Read moreHunter and Biosonar — Again
The Discovery Institute featured a post by Cornelius Hunter on how echolocation (biosonar) is a problem for evolution. This has
Read moreThe DI Celebrates 20 Years of Gaming the System
The Discovery Institute’s Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture has a post celebrating the 20th anniversary of their
Read moreOpen Letter to the United Methodist Church on “intelligent design”
The Discovery Institute got upset that they weren’t allowed a table to promote “intelligent design” at the United Methodist Church’s
Read moreThe Discovery Institute Does More Myth-Making: Looking at #10
Incredibly butt-hurt over Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District almost ten years after their reaming, the Discovery Institute
Read moreChurch Youth Groups and Apologetics
Over on Facebook, Nancy Pearcey responded to a post about young people and deconversion from churches with a modest proposal:
Read moreAnother Uninformed Critique of WIDF Fails
In 2009, Lita Cosner of Creation Ministries International posted a review of the 2004 book “Why Intelligent Design Fails”, claiming
Read moreFinal Decision Goes Against Coppedge
The Coppedge v. CalTech and JPL case is done, with a final decision handed down by Judge Hiroshige on Wednesday
Read moreA New Year
The Mayan apocalypse failed to appear, so I had a nice New Year’s day here in Florida. The temperature got
Read moreFlorida: Marco Rubio is Not A Scientist, Man
US Senator from Florida Marco Rubio gave an interview to GQ recently. Rubio was asked a question that Republican politicians
Read moreTime Article on Coppedge v. JPL
Time’s web page has an article up by Jeffrey Kluger. Kluger is a lawyer and relates his reaction to the
Read moreID and Science in the Dover Decision
I ran across a link to a blog post from 2007 by Jeff Shallit. One of the commenters there took
Read moreCritical Analysis, Critically Analyzed
Dr. Eugenie Scott is giving a public talk Thursday, February 9, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
Read moreEducating Casey on Publishing
We’ve known for a long time that Casey Luskin has some very odd ideas about what constitutes a technical publication.
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