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Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
Date
July 5, 2026

Categorized
Ethics, Law, Politics

Tagged
Charles Thaxton, Human rights, Stephen C. Meyer}

Are Our Rights Blessed by God, or Begrudged by Government?

_{In every situation, protections accorded human rights have reflected what cultures and governments think about the value and dignity of man} _{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 5, 2026

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Ethics, Law, Politics}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 4, 2026

Categorized
Panpsychism

Tagged
Aristotle (384–322 BC), Boundary problem, Denyse O'Leary, Michael Egnor}

Panpsychism: The Boundary Problem We Face With Uncountable Minds

_{Egnor notes that if all living things — or everything in the universe — is conscious, as many believe, we face a huge problem with point of view} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 4, 2026

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Panpsychism}

Giant blue eye blends with starry night sky over field Surreal and cosmic

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Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
Date
July 4, 2026

Categorized
Ethics, Politics, Science

Tagged
250th anniversary U.S., Endowed by Our Creator (book 2026), Human rights, John Lilly, John West, Leon Kass, Thomas Jukes}

On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

_{The most impassioned appeals for human rights by politicians and scientists mean nothing if they have abandoned their belief in the distinctive dignity of man} _{Charles Thaxton and Stephen C. Meyer
July 4, 2026

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Ethics, Politics, Science}

USA 250th anniversary Independence Day golden hour flag family polished holiday composition warm family gathering mood flag closeup with family gathering beyond creates warm national anniversary

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Gary Varner
Date
July 4, 2026

Categorized
Cosmology

Tagged
Jedi, JJ Abrams, Plot holes, Star Wars}

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review Part 2

_{During the title crawl, the writers’ entire goal was to reset the board so they could essentially tell the same story all over again} _{Gary Varner
July 4, 2026

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Cosmology}

Glowing huge nebula with young stars. Space background

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 3, 2026

Categorized
Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language

Tagged
Ape laughter, Consciousness, hard problem of consciousness, Primate laughter, Primitive language concept}

A Case for the Special Creation of Human Language

_{A widely publicized thesis around ape and human laughter falls so woefully short that it forces an evaluation of other possibilities} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 3, 2026

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Evolution, Human exceptionalism, Language}

Portrait of a cheerful adult chimpanzee showcasing biodiversity and wildlife conservation

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Jeffrey Funk
Date
July 2, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI Slop, Hallucinations, Low success rates, Management, Products}

Is AI’s Low Success Rate a Management or AI Failure?

_{Cory Doctorow’s new book sheds light on AI’s failure} _{Jeffrey Funk
July 2, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

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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Gary Smith
Date
July 1, 2026

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Law

Tagged
Anthropic settlement, Carriers vs. publishers, Hallucination in Large Language Models (LLMs), Munich Google AI Overview decision (2026)}

Plagiarism and Defamation—Two More Bad Things LLMs Are Good At

_{The authors’ and publishers’ copyright claims against the chatbot developers are only one of the legal problems the industry faces} _{Gary Smith
July 1, 2026

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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs), Law}

Concept image to explain how AI hallucinations occur when an AI model generates false or illogical information that isn't based on real data or events, but is presented as fact.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 30, 2026

Categorized
Law

Tagged
Activists, Canada, Rights for trees, Subversive ideology}

Canadian Town Grants Rights to Trees

_{As usual in these cases, the argument supporting such nonsense is irrational} _{Wesley J. Smith
June 30, 2026

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Law}

Road among the trees. Corresponds to the seasons of the year: autumn, winter, spring. Day, tree branches close the road, forming a tunnel. Water, ice, and frost form a dangerous slippery slope.

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Richard W. Stevens
Date
June 30, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Law, Privacy

Tagged
Daniel Solove, Mercy (film 2026), Officer-involved shooting (OIS), On Privacy and Technology (book 2025), Privacy rights}

Privacy Rights: Innermost Thoughts Can Smash Your Life

_{As I have discovered, justice can depend upon how adverse people view your private thoughts} _{Richard W. Stevens
June 30, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Law, Privacy}

Police officer chases a suspect down a narrow, dark city alleyway.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
June 30, 2026

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Euthanasia, Mental ilness, Minors, Netherlands, teenagers}

Twelve-Year-Old Euthanized in the Netherlands: Not a First

_{Dutch teenagers have also been euthanized over the years, including some with mental illnesses} _{Wesley J. Smith
June 30, 2026

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Ethics}

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Georgios Mappouras
Date
June 29, 2026

Categorized
Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory, Probability

Tagged
Algorithmic novelty, functional information, Georgios Mappouras, Infinite monkeys theorem}

That Monkey Cannot Even Find Shakespeare!

_{When it comes to randomly typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, time is not the monkey’s problem; information is} _{Georgios Mappouras
June 29, 2026

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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Information Theory, Probability}

Monkey wearing glasses is sitting at a desk with a laptop. The monkey appears to be working on the laptop, possibly typing or browsing the internet. Concept of humor and playfulness

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Robert J. Marks
Date
June 29, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Military

Tagged
Featured, Human cannonball, Weapons}

Monday Micro Softy 85: Are You Up To Caliber?

_{There is a serious question here: Why might small differences in caliber matter?} _{Robert J. Marks
June 29, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Military}

A realistic depiction of a human cannonball mid-air, soaring through the circus tent as the crowd gasps in awe

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 28, 2026

Categorized
Politics, Science

Tagged
Andrea Gawrylewski, Colin Wright, Featured, H. Winet, Science funding, Vitomir Kovanovic}

Is Government’s Relationship with Science “Crumbling”?

_{There are many issues out there on which science disciplines are not earning our trust and we can't properly evaluate the scene without confronting that} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 28, 2026

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Politics, Science}

3d illustration of Science background molecule and atom model.

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David Klinghoffer
Date
June 27, 2026

Categorized
Cosmology

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David Klinghoffer, Peter Stanford, The Story of Everything (film)}

An Unusual Story of Everything Review from the UK

_{David Klinghoffer
June 27, 2026

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Cosmology}

Night sky, swirling nebulae, distant galaxies , astrophysics, cosmology

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Gary Varner
Date
June 27, 2026

Categorized
Science Fiction

Tagged
George Lucas, JJ Abrams, Memberberries, review, Star Wars}

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review Part 1

_{Gary Varner
June 27, 2026

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Science Fiction}

Stars nebula in space. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 26, 2026

Categorized
Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
A Cleermans et al., Consciousness research, Copernican Principle of Consciousness, Degenerating paradigm, Hans Busstra, Imre Lakatos, Imre Lakatos (1922–1974), Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Tim McMillan, Wiliam Hunter}

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