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Richard W. Stevens
Date
July 10, 2026

Categorized
Animal mind

Tagged
Animal Mind, Behavior, Cats, Instincts}

One Step Beyond: Two Cats Defy Mere Instincts

_{The kitten screamed. The queen stayed calm. Why?} _{Richard W. Stevens
July 10, 2026

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Animal mind}

Two cats hide under the blanket. Outside, the winter snow. The concept of home comfort, security, warmth

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Kenneth Francis
Date
July 6, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
AI, Constantly scrolling, Digital age, Fatigued, Trade-offs}

Are We Becoming Fatigued in a Digital Age?

_{AI should really be called Human-Generated Artificial Intelligence (HGAI)} _{Kenneth Francis
July 6, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

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Peter Biles
Date
July 6, 2026

Categorized
Arts & Culture

Tagged
Culture, george washington, Movies, supergirl, usa, Wokeness}

George Washington Beats Supergirl at the Box Office

_{Maybe American audiences are ready for more optimistic and patriotic stories} _{Peter Biles
July 6, 2026

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Arts & Culture}

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Robert J. Marks
Date
July 6, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, History

Tagged
A. Vaswani et al., ADALINE, Agentic AI, and transformer architectures, Backpropagation, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), Deepfake diffusion models, Deepfakes, diffusion models, Diffusion models vs GANs, Featured, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Hebb's Law, Kunihiko Fukushima, McCulloch–Pitts Neuron, Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP), Paul Werbos, Rosenblatt's Perceptron, Transformer models}

Superintelligence? AI’s History vs. the Myth

_{Here is the history in a nutshell outlining how we got to where we are today.} _{Robert J. Marks
July 6, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, History}

Evolution of Technology: From Early Computers to Modern AI Advancements

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Robert J. Marks
Date
July 6, 2026

Categorized
Military, Physics

Tagged
Featured, Monday Microsofties}

Monday Micro Softy: Dr. Marks’s Incredible Ice Diet

_{Here’s a breakthrough announcement that will be a blessing to all the people in the world like me who struggle with weight control} _{Robert J. Marks
July 6, 2026

8

Military, Physics}

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 5, 2026

Categorized
Philosophy of Mind

Tagged
Carlo Rovelli, Consciousness, eliminative materialism, hard problem of consciousness, Panpsychism, Special creation}

Consciousness is not a problem to be solved

_{It’s not even a problem that CAN be solved. It is an experience to be lived and it did not randomly evolve} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 5, 2026

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Philosophy of Mind}

Brain shaped maze. Concept image of study and brain behavior.

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 5, 2026

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion

Tagged
Anglican Church of Canada, Didache, Euthanasia, MAiD (euthanasia) in Canada, Pastoral liturgies for euthanasia}

Anglican Church of Canada: Pastoral Liturgies Blessing Euthanasia

_{This will be of no consequence to those who are not believers. But for Christians throughout history, blessing euthanasia would be a most profound scandal} _{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2026

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Ethics, Medicine and Health, Religion}

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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

3

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}

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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

4

Ethics, Politics, Science}

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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

8

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

5

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}

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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)}

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