Tag: Research
At the Intersection of Phrenology and Public Policy
A recent PNAS study is the latest iteration of dial-a-science: just call and order science to fit your favored narrative.
The GUC Bug
ID critics Joe Felsenstein and Tom English discuss a simple greedy search algorithm, which they name the GUC (Greedy Uphill Climber) Bug.
What Can We Hope to Learn About Animal Minds?
If we can’t even define our own consciousness, can we say whether a different type of life form has consciousness or a mind?
Brains Are a Mosaic of “Male” and “Female”? It’s Called Being Human
Our brains are too complex to reduce gender differences to physical differences.
Brain Neurons Are Well Organized, Not Spaghetti Cables
Research into the brain shows a hierarchy of design information, with neurons wired together into a vast, coherent library.