Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Intelligent Design | The belief that at least some aspects of nature show evidence of intelligent, often supernatural, design. Evolution |
| Interpretability | Interpretability is the degree to which humans can understand why an AI system produced a given output. Artificial Intelligence |
| Intersubjectivity | Shared psychological perceptions between people used to construct social reality, which antiscience groups often substitute for objective, empirical data. Science Misinformation |
| Ionizing Radiation | High-energy radiation, such as X-rays, gamma rays and some ultraviolet, that can remove electrons from atoms and damage DNA. Radio waves, Wi-Fi and 5G are non-ionizing. Science General |
| IPCC | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the UN body that assesses and summarizes the scientific literature on climate change for policymakers. Climate Change Denial |
| Iridology | The claim that health problems can be diagnosed from patterns in the iris of the eye. Controlled tests show it has no diagnostic value. Alternative Medicine |
| Irreducible Complexity | The intelligent design claim that some biological systems could not have evolved because they fail if any part is removed. Evolutionary biologists have shown how such systems can arise step by step. Evolution |
| Jailbreak | A jailbreak is a prompt or exploit that bypasses an AI system's safety filters. Tactics range from getting a chatbot to role-play as a criminal to Unicode tricks. Artificial Intelligence |
| Just Asking Questions | A rhetorical tactic that spreads insinuations in the form of questions, implying wrongdoing while avoiding responsibility for any claim. Sometimes called 'JAQing off'. Antiscience |
| Keeling Curve | The continuous record of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, since 1958, showing a steady rise from human emissions. Climate Change Denial |