Tag: scientists
Quiet Self-Censorship and the Academic “Consensus”
Here is a sneak preview: Very shortly we will be opening up nominations for Censor of the Year.
A Cambrian Explosion…of Robots?
According to Wired, a new epoch has begun, and it is driven by intelligent design.
Second Thought About the Idea of “Consensus”
Sometimes scientists do not, in fact, follow the evidence. The consensus, then, could be wrong.
Are Scientists Smarter Now, or Dumber?
On the gathering specifically of scientific knowledge, our paleontologist colleague Günter Bechly nails it.
Robot World Domination? Darwinism as Reductio ad Absurdum
“If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life which outperforms humans,” warns Stephen Hawking.