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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

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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

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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

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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

6

Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

Businessman looking at a magnifying glass over a network of small people.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 5, 2026

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Assisted dying, Euthanasia, Face transplant, Spain}

Woman Euthanized and Her Face Transplanted in Spain

_{Do you see what happened? There were apparently no efforts at suicide prevention to keep the patient in life} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2026

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

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Peter Biles
Date
February 4, 2026

Categorized
Media

Tagged
AI, journalism, Legacy media, media, New Media, Substack, Technology, Washington Post}

Washington Post Fires Hundreds of Journalists

_{The Post has struggled in recent years and even saw a major dip in subscriptions back in 2024} _{Peter Biles
February 4, 2026

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Media}

Female hands with newspapers on color background

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News
Date
February 4, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Cornell University, Featured, Heterodox Academy, Michael Egnor, Randy Wayne}

An Evening With Michael Egnor at Cornell

_{The linked talk alone was worth coming to hear, but the Q&A truly did not disappoint} _{News
February 4, 2026

3

Philosophy of Mind}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 3, 2026

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology

Tagged
Alexander Batthyány, Andrew McDiarmid, Charles Murray, Featured, Michael Egnor, Steven Pinker, Terminal lucidity}

How Sudden Lucidity at Death Became a Science Topic

_{Psychologist Alexander Batthyány and neurosurgeon Michael Egnor discuss the implications of clear consciousness despite deadly illness} _{Denyse O'Leary
February 3, 2026

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Medicine and Health, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind, Psychology}

A close-up shot of a clear crystal ball with a rainbow spectrum inside casting a shadow

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 2, 2026

Categorized
Ethics

Tagged
Experiments, Mice, Pancreatic cancer, research}

Animal Research Points to Potential Pancreatic Cancer Cure

_{Balancing compassion with the scientific realities behind lifesaving medical progress} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 2, 2026

4

Ethics}

professional health care researchers working in life of medical science laboratory, technology of medicine chemistry lap experiment for hospital

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Robert J. Marks
Date
February 2, 2026

Categorized
Logic

Tagged
Dollars, Gamble, predictions, Truman}

Micro Softy 64: Old Time Phishing?

_{When prophecy meets profit, only one thing is certain: someone’s being played} _{Robert J. Marks
February 2, 2026

8

Logic}

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Kenneth Francis
Date
February 1, 2026

Categorized
Animal mind

Tagged
brain, Consciousness, Spiders}

Do Spiders Dream of Arachnology Professors?

_{How did the spider know that the mirror on my car would attract its prey during daytime hours?} _{Kenneth Francis
February 1, 2026

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Animal mind}

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News
Date
January 31, 2026

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

Tagged
Andrew McDiarmid, Chicago Tribune, Nikolay Berdyayev (1874–1948)}

McDiarmid: The Critical Flaw in Thinking AI Can Do Just Anything

_{At the Chicago Tribune, he asks readers to recognize what is missing from the mix} _{News
January 31, 2026

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