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## [Discovery Institute helps the government attack leftists helping the homeless](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/discovery-institute-helps-the-government-attack-leftists-helping-the-homeless/17516)

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**Author:** [@misterme987](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/misterme987)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/discovery-institute-helps-the-government-attack-leftists-helping-the-homeless/17516 "2025-11-13T18:15:43Z")

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I found this image earlier today and something caught my eye: “In cooperation with Discovery Institute” — yes, that’s our Discovery Institute that helped put together a dossier of leftist groups helping the homeless.…

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## [N=15 Clinical Trial: ‘one and done’ gene-editing treatment for cholesterol](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/n-15-clinical-trial-one-and-done-gene-editing-treatment-for-cholesterol/17511)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/n-15-clinical-trial-one-and-done-gene-editing-treatment-for-cholesterol/17511 "2025-11-12T03:44:49Z")

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Never thought I would see this in my lifetime: The study, funded by CRISPR Therapeutics, is an early-stage clinical trial with just 15 participants, but it represents a step forward in a bold quest to treat common dise…

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## [‘Eureka’ Moments in Mathematicians’ Chalkboard Writings](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eureka-moments-in-mathematicians-chalkboard-writings/17517)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/eureka-moments-in-mathematicians-chalkboard-writings/17517 "2025-11-11T16:32:53Z")

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I recall a time in grad school where every room had a chalkboard, sometimes two, and we used them regularly. One of my professors, I later learned, based our grades more on what he saw on the study room chalkboards than …

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## [Language for group reaction](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/language-for-group-reaction/17501)

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**Author:** [@Jay](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Jay)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/language-for-group-reaction/17501 "2025-11-09T02:52:50Z")

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I watched on YouTube, Ken LaCorte argue that the Native Americans were warlike, in his “The elephant in the room” series “What they don’t teach you about Native Americans”. The sociologist Lawrence H Keeley, made the sam…

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## [Biocomplexity article by William Dembski scores 2](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biocomplexity-article-by-william-dembski-scores-2/17503)

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**Author:** [@Roy](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Roy)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 9, 2025, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/biocomplexity-article-by-william-dembski-scores-2/17503 "2025-11-09T02:51:59Z")

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I just noticed that Bio-Complexity 2025 has a couple of articles up. The first is by William Dembski, and begins thus: Conservation of information sparked scientific interest once a recurring pattern was noticed in th…

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## [Responding to “Peaceful Science” Critics on Grand Canyon Evidence](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/responding-to-peaceful-science-critics-on-grand-canyon-evidence/17509)

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**Author:** [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/responding-to-peaceful-science-critics-on-grand-canyon-evidence/17509 "2025-11-08T18:25:10Z")

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## [Miller threatens New Yorkers after election](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/miller-threatens-new-yorkers-after-election/17504)

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**Author:** [@Faizal\_Ali](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Faizal_Ali)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/miller-threatens-new-yorkers-after-election/17504 "2025-11-06T19:11:57Z")

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Whenever I think the Trump Administration has exhausted its capacity to shock me, they up the ante yet again. Here is Stephen Miller’s response to Zohran Mamdani’s victory in last night’s NYC mayoral election:

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## [Thinking About Evolution...and Progressive Creation](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/thinking-about-evolution-and-progressive-creation/14027)

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**Author:** [@system](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 148\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/thinking-about-evolution-and-progressive-creation/14027 "2025-11-05T05:57:14Z")

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@John\_Harshman, a secular biologist, took up our invitation to dialogue with RTB, and he responds to their thoughts on the fossil record.

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## [New paper: Emergence of antiphage functions from random sequence libraries reveals mechanisms of gene birth](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-paper-emergence-of-antiphage-functions-from-random-sequence-libraries-reveals-mechanisms-of-gene-birth/17496)

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**Author:** [@Rumraket](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Rumraket)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-paper-emergence-of-antiphage-functions-from-random-sequence-libraries-reveals-mechanisms-of-gene-birth/17496 "2025-10-25T13:08:55Z")

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Open access: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2513255122 Emergence of antiphage functions from random sequence libraries reveals mechanisms of gene birth Idan Frumkin, Christopher N. Vassallo, Yi Hua Chen, and…

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## [Michael Behe kinda sorta accepts/rejects common descent](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/michael-behe-kinda-sorta-accepts-rejects-common-descent/17492)

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**Author:** [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/michael-behe-kinda-sorta-accepts-rejects-common-descent/17492 "2025-10-24T16:17:18Z")

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OK, this video is 6 years old, but I just noticed it. Previously Behe was known for his admission that the evidence for common descent was strong, even incontrovertible. But here he downplays all that. He accepts common …

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## [Are ERVs evidence of Evolution? YES!](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-ervs-evidence-of-evolution-yes/17462)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 54\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/are-ervs-evidence-of-evolution-yes/17462 "2025-10-22T23:26:48Z")

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Rebekah Davis got Dr. Cornelius Hunter on to talk about ERVs on the channel ‘Examining Origins’. Prologue A few days ago I also went on this channel to talk to Rebekah. She started a live stream showing …

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## [A great scientist: Jane Goodall remembered](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-great-scientist-jane-goodall-remembered/17452)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-great-scientist-jane-goodall-remembered/17452 "2025-10-22T21:40:18Z")

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Most in my generation were probably introduced to Dr. Goodall by the National Geographic television program, "Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees” in 1965. I recall it as a big hit. Really got people talking. She even …

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## [The Mud Problem: Why Young-Earth Flood Geology Fails Basic Physics](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-mud-problem-why-young-earth-flood-geology-fails-basic-physics/17480)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-mud-problem-why-young-earth-flood-geology-fails-basic-physics/17480 "2025-10-22T15:33:13Z")

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Another Joel Duff classic:

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## [Loss of macroevolutionary species fitness explains the rise and fall of clades](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/loss-of-macroevolutionary-species-fitness-explains-the-rise-and-fall-of-clades/17486)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/loss-of-macroevolutionary-species-fitness-explains-the-rise-and-fall-of-clades/17486 "2025-10-21T20:03:04Z")

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There is some heavy duty mathematical modelling going on here, examining long term diversification and extinction of species. Whether or not we agree with this particular conclusion, it’s impressive work, and I think we …

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## [Much Ado About Alternative Transcripts](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/much-ado-about-alternative-transcripts/17483)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/much-ado-about-alternative-transcripts/17483 "2025-10-20T20:06:17Z")

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So, I recently had another conversation with @anon68328710 on her channel. We did jump around different things and mostly still disagreed, but I did think it was a very nice talk. Just to briefly summarize the points we …

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## [HUMOR: If Subatomic Particles Could Talk](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/humor-if-subatomic-particles-could-talk/17468)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/humor-if-subatomic-particles-could-talk/17468 "2025-10-15T01:22:19Z")

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## [When does (human) life begin?](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/when-does-human-life-begin/17445)

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**Author:** [@Nesslig20](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Nesslig20)\
**Replies:** 35\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/when-does-human-life-begin/17445 "2025-10-06T20:53:26Z")

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That’s an argument often used from the pro-life side. They claim that life begins at conception; when a sperm cells fuses with an egg cell to form a zygote. The zygote is said to be a human person. However, setting aside…

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## [Former creationist in the Washington Post: Discuss](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/former-creationist-in-the-washington-post-discuss/17443)

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**Author:** [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/former-creationist-in-the-washington-post-discuss/17443 "2025-10-05T19:11:38Z")

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/09/22/muslim-missionary-evolutionary-biologist-human/

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## [More evolution tech support](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/more-evolution-tech-support/17450)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/more-evolution-tech-support/17450 "2025-09-30T16:27:19Z")

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Various animals call tech support for help with inconvenient features:

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## ["How did hands evolve? Look to your anus"](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-did-hands-evolve-look-to-your-anus/17437)

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**Author:** [@sfmatheson](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/sfmatheson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/how-did-hands-evolve-look-to-your-anus/17437 "2025-09-24T17:20:05Z")

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The latest gem from Carl Zimmer on a great new evo-devo story. \[Gift link\] Nice excerpt: It turns out that hands and feet were not the products of new genes doing new things. Rather, through natural selection, pieces …

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## [The Flickering Flame of Intelligent Design - Christianity Today](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-flickering-flame-of-intelligent-design-christianity-today/17432)

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**Author:** [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-flickering-flame-of-intelligent-design-christianity-today/17432 "2025-09-22T17:38:03Z")

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## [Joel Duff video: Middle Triassic drepanosauromorph fossil](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/joel-duff-video-middle-triassic-drepanosauromorph-fossil/17438)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2025, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/joel-duff-video-middle-triassic-drepanosauromorph-fossil/17438 "2025-09-19T01:07:08Z")

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…. from when sporting a flamboyant, feather-like dorsal crest was all the rage:

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## [Klinghoffer's latest addition to the outhouse wall: coarse but foolish](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/klinghoffers-latest-addition-to-the-outhouse-wall-coarse-but-foolish/17421)

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**Author:** [@Puck\_Mendelssohn](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Puck_Mendelssohn)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/klinghoffers-latest-addition-to-the-outhouse-wall-coarse-but-foolish/17421 "2025-09-18T21:01:37Z")

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Well, my neurologist cannot talk me out of reading Discovery Institute books. He asked me to investigate hobbies with a lower risk of neural injury, like kickboxing and skydiving and rodeo, but I am a bit old for those …

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## [De novo rates of a Trypanosoma-resistant mutation in two human populations](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/de-novo-rates-of-a-trypanosoma-resistant-mutation-in-two-human-populations/17428)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_Eastwood](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Dan_Eastwood)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2025, 12:48am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/de-novo-rates-of-a-trypanosoma-resistant-mutation-in-two-human-populations/17428 "2025-09-14T00:48:44Z")

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I thought we might try to get ahead of this one. Original Article De novo rates of a Trypanosoma-resistant mutation in two human populations Abstract Mutation rates have long been measured as averages across many ge…

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## [My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/my-blue-is-your-blue-different-people-s-brains-process-colours-in-the-same-way/17431)

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**Author:** [@Tim](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Tim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/my-blue-is-your-blue-different-people-s-brains-process-colours-in-the-same-way/17431 "2025-09-11T17:06:27Z")

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My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way –Nature Underlying article: Given that this addresses a question I’ve asked myself in the past, and brought up on this forum: do we see …

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## [Genesis, Carbon & Revelation](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genesis-carbon-revelation/17417)

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**Author:** [@rumplepuff](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/rumplepuff)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genesis-carbon-revelation/17417 "2025-09-11T16:59:09Z")

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I came across this forum while reading Joshua Swamidass’ intriguing The Genealogical Adam and Eve. His approach to integrating scripture, science, and genealogy neatly aligned with some philosophical patterns I’ve been e…

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## [No, a New Paper Did NOT Discover Humans and Chimps are "Only 85% Similar"](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/no-a-new-paper-did-not-discover-humans-and-chimps-are-only-85-similar/17309)

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**Author:** [@GutsickGibbon](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/GutsickGibbon)\
**Replies:** 63\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/no-a-new-paper-did-not-discover-humans-and-chimps-are-only-85-similar/17309 "2025-09-10T15:50:50Z")

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Hi everyone, Gutsick Gibbon (Erika) here. I know I don’t post as much as I used to, but life is busy! I will always find time to talk about this particular topic though (And I’ll cross post this to Peaceful Science). I …

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## [Carbon isotope ratios expose adulterated honey & fishing competition fraud](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/carbon-isotope-ratios-expose-adulterated-honey-fishing-competition-fraud/17416)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/carbon-isotope-ratios-expose-adulterated-honey-fishing-competition-fraud/17416 "2025-09-06T17:39:28Z")

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Everybody probably knows that isotope testing can expose synthetic whiskeys, tequilas, vodkas, etc. But I didn’t know that it could flag adulterated honeys and expose fishing competition fraud. (The latter is through ana…

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## [If Evolution had a Customer Support Line](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/if-evolution-had-a-customer-support-line/17418)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
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**Last updated:** [September 6, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/if-evolution-had-a-customer-support-line/17418 "2025-09-06T15:50:42Z")

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I don’t often recommend videos but this is hilarious (for anybody who understands evolutionary biology fundamentals):

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## [AI impresses me when it correctly explains jokes](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ai-impresses-me-when-it-correctly-explains-jokes/17415)

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**Author:** [@AllenWitmerMiller](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AllenWitmerMiller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ai-impresses-me-when-it-correctly-explains-jokes/17415 "2025-09-05T17:30:01Z")

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This morning I was watching a video addressing the various ways (natural and human-initiated) in which isolated mountain lakes can be colonized by fish. The topic reminded me of a comedy routine I wrote for my keynote s…

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