Joseph Miller: ChatGPT Still Can’t Process Basic Logic (if God is mentioned)
As Miller tells it, when tested again in March, ChatGPT could no longer recognize a logically valid argument. Wow. Progress.
View ArticleIf two snowflakes are identical, does that increase information?
We asked this question among friends and received a variety of answers.
View ArticleStephen Hawking’s co-author: Hawking thought that his Brief History of Time...
But doesn’t self-organization of the universe, as is now suggested, entail some sort of panpsychism?
View ArticleOf Dragonflies, Spitfires and Elliptical Wings
The Dragonfly is a marvel of nature, rated to be one of the all time most effective predators. Similarly, the Spitfire was a breakthrough, fighter-interceptor in the skies over Britain, just under...
View ArticleGive Dawkins credit for guts: He is taking on the “gender” claims
He will at least get to experience the world when one is not part of the In crowd.
View ArticleDarwin a slavery abolitionist? Aw, come on!
Luther College prof Robert F. Shedinger takes a critical look at Evolution News.
View ArticleL&FP, 67: So-called “critical rationalism” and the blunder of denying...
IEP summarises: “Critical Rationalism” is the name Karl Popper (1902-1994) gave to a modest and self-critical rationalism. He contrasted this view with “uncritical or comprehensive rationalism,” the...
View ArticleL&FP, 68: Cognitive Dissonance and fallacies of projection etc
It is a sub-study of logic, to address fallacies. Accordingly, as it has come up, it seems helpful to highlight cognitive dissonance and certain associated fallacies. First, [HT: Montecinos et al, fair...
View ArticleL&FP, 69: A way to understand Functionally Specific Complex Organisation...
It seems that it is exceedingly hard for some to understand what FSCO/I is about. In responding to an objector, I wrote as follows just now, and think it is worth headlining for reference: Where,...
View ArticleL&FP, 70: Exploring cosmological fine tuning using the idea of a 3-D,...
Last time, we looked at how Kolmogorov Complexity can be used to quantify the information in functionally specific complex organisation, by using the formal idea of a 3-D universal printer and...
View ArticleL&FP, 71: The island of function, fitness peak trap
We have been using a 3-D printer-constructor formalism, and now we can use it to see how hill climbing leads to local trapping. Again, the core formalism: Now, let us modify by allowing some sort of...
View ArticleDragon Fly Wings also have air flow and wing deformation sensors
The Dragonfly is amazing: As Fabian et al summarise: Animal wings deform during flight in ways that can enhance lift, facilitate flight control, and mitigate damage. Monitoring the structural and...
View ArticleDragonfly Ornithopters
As fans of Dune will readily see, an ornithopter is a flapping wing flying machine, as a helicopter is a rotary wing flying machine. Where of course we have seen how Dragonflies are elliptical winged...
View ArticleBird Flight Automaton
Let’s just watch: Notice, just the flapping, using gears and links [far simpler than the real bird]: Amazing. END
View ArticleA Farewell and Remembrance
Uncommon Descent began in the summer of 2005 as my personal blog. Before that, I had a personal website, designinference.com. The latter site began in 2002 and was a place for my longer writings. But...
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