Why AI Can’t Replace Us Functionally

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The map is not the territory. The symbol is not the thing. And the model is not the mind. Source
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An Attorney Weighs the Evidence for ID

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Attorneys are skilled in evaluating evidence and making ideas easier to understand, two skills that come in handy when assessing scientific theories as well. Source
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Dilley: How Evolutionary Atheists Employ Homemade Theology

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That is no way to reason about science. Yet many biology textbooks, in explaining evolution, do the same thing, perpetuating an error that goes back to Darwin. Source
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Three Types of Science: Inferential Science

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Kirk Durston explains how such reasoning can be used effectively as we consider the best explanation for the origin of biological information. Source
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Darwin’s Racism of the Gaps 

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A defender of Darwinism might object that it’s silly to ding Darwin for his racism, since just about every white person in Victorian England was racist. Source
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No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Source
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