Summers Seminars: A MUST if You’re Considering a Science Career; Applications Due April 1

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One student said he was shocked to find that the academic quality was greater than that of many of his college courses and yet it cost him nothing. Source
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For AI, Human Hands Are Exceptional…For Now

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In many artificially contrived images, the hands come up gnarled, disfigured, or otherwise anatomically incorrect. Source
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Convergence? One-Celled Creature Has an Eye!

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“Convergent evolution” is not a process. It is a post-hoc observation based on evolutionary assumptions. Source
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Sean Carroll: “How Could an Immaterial Mind Affect the Body?”

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Aristotle noted that when we think carefully about natural causes we see that there are four distinct ways that causes can lead to effects in nature. Source
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Yes, Extraordinary Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence — Let’s Hear Some for Darwinian Evolution

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Carl Sagan famously said, “I believe that the extraordinary should be pursued. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” Source
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