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Gary Varner
Date
February 21, 2026

Categorized
Cosmology

Tagged
Arthur C. Clarke, cosmos, Discovery, HAL, Kubrick, Monolith, Übermensch}

2010: The Year We Make Contact Part 3

_{Secrets, circuits, and a killer logic loop.} _{Gary Varner
February 21, 2026

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Cosmology}

Jupiter's moon Europa in front of the planet Jupiter

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Kenneth Francis
Date
February 20, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Demonic, Hi-Technology, Martin Heidegger, Physical tasks, Tower of Babel, Work}

AI and the “Accursed Flower”

_{If AI ever gets too big for its algorithmic boots, God might ‘Tower-of-Babel’ it.} _{Kenneth Francis
February 20, 2026

7

Artificial Intelligence}

A cute vintage robot holding a bouquet of flowers. steampunk illustration. illustration. Vintage Robot. Illustration

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 19, 2026

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Brain damage, Disabled patient, ethics, Life support, Objections}

U.K. Hospital Unilaterally Cuts Off Life Support of Disabled Patient over Family Objections

_{The 68-year-old suffered extensive brain damage} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 19, 2026

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Ethics}

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Richard W. Stevens
Date
February 18, 2026

Categorized
Surveillance

Tagged
AI systems, Illegal videos, Malware, Surveillance, Victims}

Industrial Scale Blackmail Thanks to Agentic AI

_{Black Mirror wasn’t the warning, it was the blueprint.} _{Richard W. Stevens
February 18, 2026

6

Surveillance}

Total population control concept with CCTV videocam and small figures of people

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Gary Smith
Date
February 17, 2026

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI)

Tagged
AI, Answers, Courts, Databases, Lawyers, LLMs, predictions}

AI-Lawyers Will Have Fools for Clients

_{When tech prophets promise everything—except accuracy.} _{Gary Smith
February 17, 2026

5

Artificial general intelligence (AGI)}

AI related law concept shown by robot hand using lawyer working tools in lawyers office with legal astute icons depicting artificial intelligence law . GEnerative IA

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Robert J. Marks
Date
February 16, 2026

Categorized
Logic

Tagged
Calculation, Integer, Maths, Prime number}

Micro Softy 66: Reducing Repetitive Repetition

_{The curious loop your calculator didn’t warn you about} _{Robert J. Marks
February 16, 2026

6

Logic}

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Kenneth Francis
Date
February 15, 2026

Categorized
Applied Intelligence

Tagged
Berkeley, Experiences, External world, Locke, perception, phenomenology, Primary truths}

How The Mind Perceives the External world

_{On first sight, we would see a person immediately in a phenomenological way and not scientifically.} _{Kenneth Francis
February 15, 2026

7

Applied Intelligence}

Cloud scape above carpathian mountains shot at sunset

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Gary Varner
Date
February 14, 2026

Categorized
Cosmology

Tagged
cosmos, Discovery One, HAL, Kubrick, Mission, Space and planets}

2010: The Year We Make Contact Review Part 2

_{The plot is well structured, there are few, if any, plot holes.} _{Gary Varner
February 14, 2026

6

Cosmology}

An astronaut inside his cockpit looking at a cloudy strange land

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Donald Wunsch
Date
February 13, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, LLMs, Making up data, Mistakes, Questions}

Artificial Specific Stupidity is Easy to Find – Just Ask

_{AI can make mistakes, so double-check it.} _{Donald Wunsch
February 13, 2026

3

Artificial Intelligence}

Suspicious woman checking laptop content in the night

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
February 12, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, hype, Loss of money, Market getting nervous, New models}

AI Hype Explodes Again:

_{Even as Cracks in AI Bubble Get Bigger} _{Jeffrey Funk
February 12, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 12, 2026

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Assisted Suicide, Current safeguards, Mystery of death, No pathological diagnosis, Relatives shocked}

Mentally Ill Woman Accessed Assisted Suicide in Oregon

_{A troubling look at how systemic gaps enabled a vulnerable woman to obtain lethal drugs unchecked.} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 12, 2026

7

Ethics}

A close-up view of a bunch of blue pills, showcasing a background medicine concept.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 11, 2026

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Assisted Suicide, ethics, Legal, Liberal agenda, Newsom, Tessa Newsom}

Did Gavin Newsom Witness His Mother’s Murder?

_{A memoir reveals the governor’s most personal account yet: his mother’s decision to end her life.} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 11, 2026

4

Ethics}

A young woman holding the hand of an old woman in a hospital bed, black and white

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Gary Varner
Date
February 10, 2026

Categorized
Cosmology

Tagged
aliens, Arthur C. Clarke, Cinema, Clarity, Demystify, Kubrick, Making contact, space}

2010: The Year We Make Contact Review Part 1

_{When explaining the mystery becomes the real mistake} _{Gary Varner
February 10, 2026

6

Cosmology}

abstract illustration of the cosmos on the theme of the origin of life in the universe with stars, comets and nebulae

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Robert J. Marks
Date
February 8, 2026

Categorized
Logic

Tagged
AK47, Bass Pro Shop, Father and son, Puzzle}

Micro Softy 65: Fathers and Sons

_{A classic riddle that proves numbers aren’t always what they seem} _{Robert J. Marks
February 8, 2026

6

Logic}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 8, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Featured, Michael Egnor, New Age movement, Terminal lucidity}

Toward a True — and Also Scientific — Picture of the Human Mind

_{Alexander Batthyány offers a personal anecdote about Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Sir John Eccles that might help point the way} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 8, 2026

8

Philosophy of Mind}

Glass lightbulb with golden gears inside, set against a backdrop of mathematical equations, symbolizing innovation, problem-solving, and the mechanics of ideas

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Kenneth Francis
Date
February 7, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Dreams, Landscape, mind, mystery}

Dreams Remain a Mystery

_{The uncanny thing about dreams is the landscape or surroundings one perceives.} _{Kenneth Francis
February 7, 2026

6

Philosophy of Mind}

AI Dreamscapes: The Limits of Imagination and Technology

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 7, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Michael Egnor, Terminal lucidity, Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)}

The Thin Spaces of Our Lives Where Strange Things Do Happen

_{Denyse O'Leary
February 7, 2026

4

Philosophy of Mind}

Stained glass church windows illuminate floor

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Gary Varner
Date
February 7, 2026

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Actors, AI, Cinema, YouTube}

Can AI Save Theaters?

_{A YouTuber’s micro‑budget thriller just went the distance against Disney’s latest heavyweight.} _{Gary Varner
February 7, 2026

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Arts & Culture}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 6, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Brain–magnifying glass analogy, Featured, Michael Egnor, Terminal lucidity, Threshold (book 2023), William James (1842–1910)}

Consciousness… a Computer or a Magnifying Glass?

_{At ID the Future, Egnor and Batthyány offer some further thoughts on the ongoing mystery: How does the human mind clear at the point of death?} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 6, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

Ginny Weasley Teaches Us About the Danger of AI Chatbots for Children

Is Berkeley’s Universe a Spiritual Hologram

Micro Softy 67: Three Switches and a Song

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