Joel Duff

YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff We're About to Lose a Generation of Scientists - And It's Not an Accident

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Ready to go in the salad spinner

At this point, would we even be surprised if Ukraine doesn't accept and Trumps starts to sell arms to Russia?

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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩. Well, that wasn't much of a challenge today:-)

In this episode of The Dead Sea Chronicles, I explore how the dramatic landscape of the Dead Sea and Jordan Valley formed through plate tectonics.https://youtu.be/bnpCg5Tpa_U?si=O61e3d060OELMuA_

YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff Goosenecks of the San Juan: Entrenched River Canyons Defy Flood Geology

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YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff Dead Sea Chronicles Part I: A Geo-Biblical Exploration

I've kicked off an ambitious 12-part series exploring one of Earth's most fascinating features - the Dead Sea. Its about salt, sediments and a huge challenge to young earth creationists. Part I: A Geo-Biblical Exploration youtu.be/nwhNHej0Azk?... via
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From my home office right now.

From Barabbas to Trump: When Christians Choose Political Power Over Kingdom Values The contemporary Christian landscape starkly mirrors the biblical choice between Jesus and Barabbas. Many church leaders prioritize political power, embracing figures like Trump as saviors instead …

I don't write much about politics but felt I needed to say something - From Barabbas to Trump: When Christians Choose Political Power Over Kingdom Values thenaturalhistorian.com/2024/12/05/f... via
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University photographer caught myself and a colleague taking selfies with Zippy at the annual service awards ceremony. I was 25 days short of 25 years so I have to wait until next year to get my tote bag or whatever it will be then (probably a small mug by then).

Thanks for all your efforts here.

Building Truth on Sand: The Hidden Cost of Sharing False ‘Evidence’ for Creation Misinformation masquerading as divine evidence has become pervasive within some Christian circles. A viral post claiming ants intentionally cut seeds to prevent germination is a fabrication. This f…

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YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff An Ode to Coprology: 19th Century Challenge to Flood Geology (Diluvialism)

A poem about dinosaur poop? Yep. And this one challenges 19th century creationists (diluvialists) to explain fossilized dino do do just as I have presented a similar challenge based a Nature paper this week on the size and contents of fossilized dinosaur droppings. youtu.be/m6NcjqD8lU8?...

Thanks for pointing that one out. There are several comment threads on FB which aren't any better. Most respond not having watched the video or even seen a summary of the original research.

@perahlberg.bsky.social Couldn't help but ask how a creationists would understand these observations.

YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff Flood Geology Can't Explain Dinosaur Poop

I summarize the results of a really cool paper just published about what we can learn about dinosaur diversification from studying dino droppings and vomit. Then I take a twist on it and show how this data should cause many creationists to lose sleep. youtu.be/8k5LUAXBjn4?... #dinosaurs #coprolites

Got to remove those fibrous knots from the sweet potatoes to have the right texture in that casserole.

YouTube video by Dr. Joel Duff Flood Geology Failure: Millions of Moroccan Mosasaur Teeth

Premiering at 2pm EST I talk about how Moroccan mosasaur teeth are another tooth in the coffin of YEC flood geology. I'll be there to discuss. youtu.be/qAryOZ_7tGw

Color photograph of the surface of a comet, which mostly appears black and white with some bluish areas near the middle. Text: 10/03/2015 18:42:26 - 85.7 km, Comet 67P/Churymov-Gerasimenko, NIR, Orange and Blue Filter from OSIRIS NAC Camera. Credits ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team - Processing by Giuseppe Conzo

#PPOD: This picture may look like a lonely mountain, but this landscape is out of our world—it's one of the closest color images ever taken of the surface of a comet. On March 10, 2015, the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft used the OSIRIS camera to take this close-up... 🧪 🔭

A really impressive data set brought together for this latest paper. Fascinating stuff...

Critiquing Ken Ham and Günter Bechly’s Articles on Bird Origins Ken Ham’s insistence that feathered dinosaurs are merely birds continues to be an obsession of his. His claims rely on selective evidence and misunderstanding of scientific theories. The robu…

Responding to Ken Ham's most recent blog post on birds not being dinosaurs. thenaturalhistorian.com/2024/11/26/c...

Saw this a week ago. Was feeling this way today.

Dead Sea Chronicles: Where Geology Meets Genesis The Dead Sea is more than just a salty pit; it’s a geological and historical goldmine challenging conventional beliefs. Upcoming is a provocative 12-part series that merges science with scrip…

Preview of upcoming series: Dead Sea Chronicles: Where Geology Meets Genesis thenaturalhistorian.com/2024/11/25/d... via @naturalhistoria

YouTube video by The Prof G Show – Scott Galloway Eric Schmidt- The Risks and Opportunities of an AI Future | Prof G Conversations

My evening listen. I have issues with Eric Schmidt but his thoughts on AI are worth listening to. Jonathan Haidt get's some good mentions. youtu.be/AjgwIRPnb_M?...

Hanging with zippy at conference.

State of politics...
"Matt Gaetz is a private citizen. Congress should not investigate a private citizen."
- Mike Johnson
"It doesn't matter that Hunter Biden is a private citizen. The American people deserve to know. Congress needs to investigate to the fullest extent possible."
- Mike Johnson

Meet Evo, the DNA-trained AI that creates genomes from scratch ChatGPT-like model learns on its own to devise new proteins and genetic sequences

"ChatGPT for DNA" good explainer
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Around noon light strikes three walls on the building across from my lab that gives the appearance of three colors when all three walls are made of the same brick.

Faith and Life: Science - After the Talk Dr. Joel Duff speaks to Pastor Adam about faith and science.

A week ago I taught a Sunday School class presenting a big picture overview of faith and science. I then recorded a podcast with my pastor to discuss that class and other topics including my history, AI, and how to talk to students about science and faith topics. www.buzzsprout.com/2398861/epis...

The consequences of making proclamations from ignorance. Probably won't happen but not only will many not be able to go to college but many colleges that serve a lot of first time college students will go out of business including the one I work for. That is probably the goal though:-(