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Understanding Living Systems with Ray and Denis Noble
The overwhelming success of genetics and molecular biology in the 1970s had an unfortunate side effect. DNA became the 'be-all' and 'end-all' of biology, and “the selfish gene” became the new secular…
Published on 2 years ago
The Truth About AI that not 1 Video in 100 is Acknowledging
Bryan Trilli is a serial entrepreneur who owns a company called Optimized Marketing that trains machine learning programmers to write better code. In this interview, he forcefully challenges the fict…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Johnjoe McFadden: Occam's Razor and Quantum Biology
Occam's Razor says the simplest explanation is the best. While its application has many subtleties, it tells us that the best model of theory is the one that's most elegant and invokes the fewest ext…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
When Dinosaur Books Are More Dangerous Than Playboy Magazine
Scott Ransom’s mom grounded him from the nonfiction section of the library so that he would not be corrupted by evolutionary ideas from godless secular scientists. But the questions persisted and the…
Published on 2 years, 4 months ago
Nature’s Invisible Symphony: The Sounds of Life with Karen Bakker
Did you know that 99% of the sounds in nature are at frequencies we cannot hear? Karen Bakker opens up an entire universe of sounds and communication between elephants, whales, moths, trees, tissues …
Published on 2 years, 5 months ago
The Threshold: Leading in the Age of AI - Interview with Nick Chatrat
For many years, we humans have bench-marked ourselves against machines without even realizing it. Many scientists believe that humans really are just machines. Nick Chatrath sharply disagrees and say…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
From Rebellious Teenager to Young Adult: Intelligent Design Grows Up
Paul Nelson of the Discovery Institute blogged about my interview with Joana Xavier lamenting that we did not fully endorse intelligent design. This created a perfect opportunity for us to sit down a…
Published on 2 years, 6 months ago
Nancy’s Cancer: We spent $2M and tried EVERYTHING
Joe Riggio’s wife, Nancy, was given a maximum of 10 years to live in her cancer diagnosis. She lived for 17 years, most of them in a very active adventurous lifestyle. They spent $2M and pursued ever…
Published on 2 years, 7 months ago
Special Live Zoom Session with Jenny Davis
Reversing Cancer needs your help. Some very specific help. . .
I’ve invited Jenny Davis to talk to me about her struggles in the academic and research communities that vividly illustrate the dragon we…
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Rocking the Foundations of Evolution
Karen Wong has a longtime interest in origins and evolution and we discuss what happens when you shift the definition of evolution. Old definition: Changes in gene frequencies acted upon by natural s…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago