“A standardized inferential method has emerged for SETI, archaeology, forensic science, and the historical sciences generally.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
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In Debate with Meyer, Matt Dillahunty Brandishes His “Surveys”
Maybe Dillahunty had consulted some other survey that morning, but a “show of hands” is certainly no ground for adjudicating matters of this nature. Source Read More Science and Culture…
Unregulated and Addictive — What Parents Need to Know About Kratom
Gas stations and grocery stores across America are selling kratom — an unregulated, addictive drug that works like an opioid. Kratom, sometimes called gas station heroin, comes from the leaves…
FDA Delays Review of Abortion Pill, Leaving Women Unprotected
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t complete its safety review of the dangerous abortion pill until later this year, and won’t release results until March 2027, a new filing…
Book on “Brain Evolution” Hasn’t Aged Well
The first problem they mention is magnified. We haven’t got anywhere near figuring out “how the brain works.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
In Canada, New Push for Euthanasia for People with Dementia
Some are celebrating Canada’s government “indefinitely suspending” legalizing euthanasia for mental illness as a great victory for life. Not me. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense
Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Source Read More Science and Culture Today
The Law of Conservation of Information
There are a lot of details here, and the result is nontrivial though the conservation of information inequality looks utterly elementary and straightforward. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Back in the Saddle: A Second Edition for The Design Inference
The big obstacle for me came from feeling at odds with my publisher, Cambridge University Press. Source Read More Science and Culture Today
Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Richard
If I were an atheist, I would feel pretty discouraged about now by the New Atheist icon. Source Read More Science and Culture Today