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Evolutionary Psychologists Claim Religion Is Explained By Energy Use. Here’s Why They’re Wrong

Today's post is at the Stream: Evolutionary Psychologists Claim Religion Is Explained By Energy Use. Here's Why They're Wrong. It has become clear that the common statistical techniques used by…

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Do People Really Believe In Chance & The Deadly Sin of Reification?

From our very own JMJ, who asked this in response to an announcement of my new book (read this first): Briggs, how many people how you encountered who need these…

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Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don’t Have Free Will

Today's post is at The Stream: Choose to Read This Article About Research Saying You Don't Have Free Will. ..."Free will could all be an illusion, scientists suggest after study…

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Worlds Without End: The Conformal Cyclic Cosmology Of Roger Penrose — Guest Post by Bob Kurland

An extended version of this article is available at Kurland's place. Perhaps the best argument in favour of the thesis that the Big Bang supports theism is the obvious unease…

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The Deadly Sin Of Reification Strikes Again!

https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson/status/725150630441000960 If you can't see the tweet, and tweets are ephemeral, the screen shot is also given. Now I do not give a damn about the election, so please not…

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Here Comes The Gene-Editing Research In Human Embryos

The mechanistic view of man and the universe has consequences, the most important of which is that man is seen as a machine. Well, he must be if everything is…

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Ritual Sacrifice Promoted Evolution Of Stratified Societies: A Statistical Fallacy

His Majesty Every human society except one is stratified. The exception is the empire of William I, a small sand island that comes and goes by a remote and isolated…

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Stream: Why Science Is Broken & How To Fix It

Today's post is at The Stream: Why Science Is Broken, and How To Fix It: It comes down to bad politics, bad money, and bad philosophy. Here are snippets. Plus:…

Brian (bulaoren) on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
Logic, empiricism, wisdom... These solvents are without impact for people who have, so often, survived them. I believe this is…
spetzer86 on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
It's interesting that the commenters using AI prove the point that the use of a model yielding apparently random results…
JH on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
When brilliant minds join forces with advanced computers that execute tasks with precision and speed by following instructions, they achieve…
fergus on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
Post script. Looks like you are hiding well, for now, from the AI in the sky. I asked it if…
fergus on All Models Only Say What They Are Told To Say, And AI Is A ModelMarch 27, 2026
Did not read the article, just copy/pasted the number list to ChatGPT and it got right back with: Yes —…