Tag: consensus
Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis
A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation.
No. 3 Story of 2023: Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong
Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.
Fossil Friday: Seventy Years of Textbook Wisdom on Origin of Multicellular Life Turns Out to Be Wrong
Incidentally, a few days ago I received a message from my paleobiologist colleague Dr. Ken Towe, a retired senior scientist at the Smithsonian Institution.
Repair Trust in Science? In Science Magazine, Forrest Mims Replies
Charles Darwin is an example of a brilliant scientist who was nonetheless an imperfect human with some false ideas.
Using Intelligent Design to Train ChatGPT to Lay Aside Bias
This exchange from yesterday underscores the need for “prompt engineers” that know how best to use and direct ChatGPT.