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Gary Varner
Date
August 15, 2026

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Han and Chewie, Millennium Falcon, Rey, Star Wars, TIE-fighters}

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Part 8

_{The coincidences here are huge and glaring} _{Gary Varner
August 15, 2026

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Science Fiction}

Dramatic sand storm in desert. Abstract background. Digital art.

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Peter Biles
Date
August 14, 2026

Categorized
Media, Politics

Tagged
60 Minutes, journalism, media, Opinion, Ross Douthat, video}

Douthat Exits New York Times, Final Podcast Hosts Biohacker Bryan Johnson

_{Should all writers be podcasters, too?} _{Peter Biles
August 14, 2026

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Media, Politics}

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News
Date
August 14, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Economics, Large Language Models (LLMs), Work

Tagged
Claude Shannon, Data processing inequality, Luddites, Model collapse, Ray Kurzweil, Robert J. Marks, Superintelligence, Wesley J. Smith}

Does AI Really Threaten Your Job? That Depends On Your Job

_{According to Robert J. Marks, jobs that AI won’t disrupt use the unique human attributes of understanding and creativity} _{News
August 14, 2026

6

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Economics, Large Language Models (LLMs), Work}

Woman Versus Robot In Office Job Takeover

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News
Date
August 14, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment, Politics, Work

Tagged
Data centers, Ezra Levant, Gary Marcus, Gwyn Morgan, Mark Zuckerberg and censorship, Robert Bryce}

Big Tech Data Centers Are the New Big Hate

_{The growing hostility is based on environment and employment concerns and cuts across party lines} _{News
August 14, 2026

6

Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Environment, Politics, Work}

new build data center, computing center in Eemshaven, Groningen, The Netherlands. hyperscaler.

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News
Date
August 13, 2026

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
eliminative materialism, Michael Egnor, Pat Flynn, Patricia Churchland}

Neuroscientists Who Don’t Endorse Materialism Face Career Ruin

_{In a recent podcast with Pat Flynn, Michael Egnor offers an anecdote that shows how far the field is in the tank for materialism} _{News
August 13, 2026

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Neurosurgeon preparing for brain surgery with the help of a 3D holographic brain model Stock Photo with copy space

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 13, 2026

Categorized
Archeology, Evolution, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology

Tagged
Amazon civilization, Featured, human evolution, Jonathan Cheng, Martti Pärssinen, Matthew Phelan, Neanderthal man, Ross Andersen, Sanxingdui civilization}

Human Evolution Needs Subhumans, and Needs Them Badly

_{Archeologists are quietly revising the human origins story in a way that does not follow a Darwinian pattern but they don’t quite come out and say it} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 13, 2026

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Archeology, Evolution, Paleontology, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology}

Denisovan hunter holding a staff in a prehistoric grassy landscape. The face is based on a reconstruction of a female Denisovan using DNA extracted from a pinky bone discovered in Siberia.

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
August 10, 2026

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI)

Tagged
AI Slop, Businesses, LLMs, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Tech bros}

Did The Tech Bros Trick Us?

_{They are now trying to push through trillion-dollar IPOs} _{Jeffrey Funk
August 10, 2026

6

Artificial general intelligence (AGI)}

Caution warning sign indicates a potential error danger in the digital technology system. Symbol exclamation, system failure or trouble. Notice important website maintenance and available on internet

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 10, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Future, Negative and positive effects}

Robert J. Marks II on the Benefits and Potential Perils of AI

_{What does AI mean for the future of humanity?} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 10, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

Detailed Close-up of an AI Chip on a Circuit Board

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 10, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Politics

Tagged
AI-created viruses, Brian Hie, Donald Trump (and AI-created viruses), Gain-of-function viruses, Peter Koo, Virus research restrictions}

AI Didn’t Create Artificial Viruses; Humans Did.

_{Turning a story about invented viruses into a story about AI obscures the main point} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 10, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Medicine and Health, Politics}

AI generated researcher examining virus structure and data charts on digital screen in laboratory representing medical research biotechnology analysis and healthcare innovation

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Robert J. Marks
Date
August 10, 2026

Categorized
Logic

Tagged
Featured, Monday Microsofties}

Monday Microsofty: Locked in the Trunk! What to do?

_{Can quick thinking save a man from a ruthless gangster’s vengeance?} _{Robert J. Marks
August 10, 2026

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Logic}

Modern black car with open trunk door on road.

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Kenneth Francis
Date
August 9, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
Adam and Eve, AI, Deception, Information, Playing God}

Deceptions from Eden to AI

_{Always be cautious and independently do your own research when obtaining information from AI} _{Kenneth Francis
August 9, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

Side view close-up, apple on laptop, healthy snack based on fruit.

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Gary Varner
Date
August 8, 2026

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Abrams, Chase, Rey and Finn, Star Wars, TIE fighters}

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review Part 7

_{Rey offers Finn her hand, and he takes it} _{Gary Varner
August 8, 2026

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Science Fiction}

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News
Date
August 7, 2026

Categorized
Education, Politics, Science

Tagged
American Anthropological Association, Caitlin Jenner, Carolyn M. Rouse, Corey Lochan, Featured, Fernando Villanea, Hypatia (journal), Michael Inzlicht, Rachel Dolezal, Rawnie Sun, Rebecca Tuvel, replication crisis, Stephanie M. Lee, Transracialism, Vanderbilt andWashington U Report}

How a Prof Learned the Hard Way to Put Science First

_{The replication crisis forced him to grapple with the fact that he was too committed to ideology to assess truth} _{News
August 7, 2026

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Education, Politics, Science}

Printed business documents with colorful charts and graphs being analyzed through a magnifying glass

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 7, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science

Tagged
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), Anthony Fauci, Cameron English, COVID 19 and trust in science, Fauci diaries, Lynn Webster, Trust in science}

A Science Education Group Tackles the Fauci Hearing and Diary

_{They have every reason to be concerned about what these revelations about the Covid years are doing to the public perception of science} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 7, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science}

Anonymous crowd of people walking street wearing masks during covid 19 coronavirus pandemic in New York City November 2020

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Robert J. Marks
Date
August 6, 2026

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Media

Tagged
Agentic AI, AI hype, Daily Mail (newspaper), Featured, Mark Duell, Sophie Church}

The Daily Mail: Clickbait in the AI Arms Race

_{Contrary to the article’s premise, the AI did not invent any bad behavior. It copied or adapted techniques that are already well known and widely available} _{Robert J. Marks
August 6, 2026

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Media}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 5, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science

Tagged
Anthony Fauci, COVID 19 and trust in science, Ethan Siegel}

How NOT to Get More People to Trust Science, in Four Easy Lessons

_{Ethan Siegel had the singular bad luck to write his condescending column about how we should Trust the Science more in the very wake of Fauci’s Covid “diaries” coming to light…} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 5, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy, Science}

Doctor conference audience, Presentation education lecture in hospital, Group of doctor are meeting in hospital.

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Bruce Gordon
Date
August 5, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy, Physics

Tagged
Big Bang cosmology, Big Mysteries Survey, Brian Keating, Fine-tuning of the universe, Niayesh Afshordi, Phil Halper}

Polling Physicists: What the Big Mysteries Survey Shows — and Doesn’t

_{Physicists who think that the constants of nature are brute facts without need of explanation simply have an incoherent opinion} _{Bruce Gordon
August 5, 2026

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Philosophy, Physics}

Cosmic Dance of Gravitational Waves: Abstract representation of two merging black holes, emitting luminous, swirling gravitational waves in a cosmic ballet.

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News
Date
August 4, 2026

Categorized
Censorship, Social Media

Tagged
Asobe (software firm), Bluesky, Charlie Kirk, Elon Musk, European Federation of Journalists, Jack Peat, Kai Kupferschmidt, Noor al-Sabai, Threads, X (social media platform)}