Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Source Read More Evolution News
Category: Science
Truth and Trust in Large Language Models
How much truth is ChatGPT or Gemini giving us? How much can we trust their answers to queries? As we’ll see, LLMs can lay no claim to truth. Source Read…
Did Christianity Help or Hinder the Rise of Science?
Melissa Cain Travis explains why her new course gives special attention to the “warfare thesis,” a late-19th-century idea championed by materialists. Source Read More Evolution News
Is Natural Law Irreducible?
Perhaps the most fundamental distinction between naturalism and intelligent design is where each metaphysical framework draws the line at irreducibility. Source Read More Evolution News
My Dinner with Steven and Louise Weinberg
Weinberg was holding court, going on about how much he knew about the origin of the universe and how atheism was the only intellectually viable option. Source Read More Evolution…
The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune”
Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Source Read More Evolution News
Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex
Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Source Read More Evolution News
From Scientists and Science Media, a Flood of Disinformation
Spending time perusing popular science media outlets can give one the impression that much of science is on the verge of being overturned. Source Read More Evolution News
Dawkins, Dennett, and the Taste for Iconoclasm
I’ve had two memorable encounters with Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, one with Dennett alone, the other with both together. Source Read More Evolution News
ChatGPT Linked with Memory Loss, Poor Academic Performance
When students rely on AI to write their papers or organize all of their information, they forego the need to ingest and memorize the material themselves. Source Read More Evolution…