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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

4

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

5

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

5

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

5

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

9

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)}

How Is Bluesky Doing as a Kinder, Gentler X?

_{A flurry of scientists and journalists hoped their participation would strike a blow against misinformation and hate} _{News
August 4, 2026

5

Censorship, Social Media}

A vibrant bluebird soars gracefully through a clear blue sky, its wings fully extended in a display of natural beauty and freedom.

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News
Date
August 3, 2026

Categorized
Media, Medicine and Health, Politics

Tagged
Anthony Fauci, Covid, Furin cleavage site, Lab leak theory, Matt Ridley}

Why Many Top Scientists Suspected Covid Had Leaked From a Lab

_{A top science writer explains — and offers a theory as to why Anthony Fauci worked so hard to discredit the idea} _{News
August 3, 2026

5

Media, Medicine and Health, Politics}

Two school aged girls are standing in front of their closed school with facemasks on during the outbreak of covid-19.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
August 3, 2026}

Monday Micro Softy 90: Mow Power to You

_{Why would Charlie's well-maintained lawnmower apparently be losing energy efficiency over the years?} _{Robert J. Marks
August 3, 2026

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Expert Technician Fixing Lawnmower: Spark Plug Service and Maintenance in Garden Workshop

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Kenneth Francis
Date
August 2, 2026

Categorized
Religion

Tagged
Ireland, mental health, Priests, suicide, theology}

What Goes on in the Mind of a Suicidal Priest?

_{Suicidal ideation amongst priests could possibly be linked, amongst other things, to theological illiteracy} _{Kenneth Francis
August 2, 2026

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Religion}

Stained glass church windows illuminate floor

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Andrew McDiarmid
Date
August 2, 2026

Categorized
Arts & Culture, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

Tagged
Ben Mann, ISBNdb, Project Panama, Rare books destruction}

It’s Time to Buy Old Books Before AI Destroys Them

_{This book destruction scheme is the brain child of technicians, people who lead tech companies and tech labs who are wholly committed to a technological view of the world} _{Andrew McDiarmid
August 2, 2026

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Arts & Culture, Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

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Gary Varner
Date
August 1, 2026

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
Abrams, Audience, Rey, Star Wars trilogy, Trope}

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