Author: Casey Luskin
Newly Published Paper in BioEssays Recognizes Kuhnian “Paradigm Shift” Against Junk DNA
A new theory “emerges first in the mind of one or a few individuals” but then it spreads because the field faces “crisis-provoking problems.”
I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene
Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape.
Were Neanderthals and Humans the Same Species?
The evidence does not demonstrate that humans evolved from some kind of humanlike yet intellectually primitive precursor.
Journal Rejects Claims that Homo naledi Buried Dead, Made Rock Art, Used Fire
Researchers, led by Lee Berger, had claimed in a Netflix documentary that the species buried its dead, used fire, used tools, and made rock art.
Must AI Inevitably Degenerate into Nonsense, through “Model Collapse”?
AI works because humans are real creative beings, and AIs are built using gigantic amounts of diverse and creative datasets made by humans.