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O No! “Racist” AI!: The Ethics of AI?
There is a form of AI---AI is an acronym from the German meaning statistical modeling---that isn't AI per se, but which is important, even crucial, but not of direct interest…
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Why Dembski’s Design Inference (Of Causation) Goes Wrong
Probability does not exist; therefore, nothing has a probability, so nothing can be caused by probability, though the uncertainty of statements can be had conditional on assumptions, and this probability…
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Why You Don’t Have To Worry About Climate Change: Multiplication Of Uncertainties
I once did a talk on this subject at Spain's Royal Institute of Science during the first global warming panic, but I did a lousy job. Now, at the time…
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Yuval Noah Harari’s Bad Argument About AI Ruling The World
Here, in his own words, is the argument Yuval Noah Harari uses to justify his transhumanism. 1. Organisms are algorithms. Every animal — including Homo sapiens — is an assemblage…
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Lancet Says 1 in 6 Worldwide Deaths by Pollution: 67% More Than Coronadoom
You've seen the headline, "World Ends: Favored Victims Hardest Hit," and you've laughed. The Noble Victims differ, slightly, by country. There is no class of being nobler or respected or…
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The WHO and The Loss Of Sovereignty: How It Happens, How It’s Not Unusual
According to International Law---hold up. International Law? If there is such a thing as International Law, there is no such thing as national sovereignty; or, at least, not completely. For…
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More On Why Falsifiability Is Not Interesting
Take a look-see at this science pic: This is the output from some model, the nature of which is not especially interesting, and the accompanying observations. In other words, predictions…
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Behind The Scenes At NASA’s LGBTQ+ Scientist Of The Year Award
You will have already heard that Jane Rigby, who is an astrophysicist at NASA's Goddard Flight Center. She won the LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year at NASA for 2022. This…