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Today’s Free Will Debate Shows How Science Culture is Changing

The fact that this Sapolsky–Mitchell debate is still raging shows that eliminative materialism and physicalism are experiencing setbacks in our philosophy of science culture today
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man standing in front of various paths, needing to make a decision to move forward in life. Generative Ai.

“Nature of the Universe” Questions That Still Puzzle Physicists

What would go wrong if we just accepted that we live in a universe designed by a Mind far greater than ours? Would that really be the end of science?
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Space background with giant planetary nebula

Philosopher Asks at Nautilus, Is Matter Conscious?

To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. That is a very big admission for neuroscience to make. But the alternative is the void.
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Emerald Globe Thriving Tree at Earths Core Symbolizing Interconnected Nature and Humanity in an

Just When Human Reason is Most Productive — AI Makes Things Up

In Part 2, we see how the ability to handle only one type of truth limits AI. AI models are fundamentally untethered from reality
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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.

AI Productivity Hype: The New “Cargo Cult Science”?

Physicist Richard Feynman coined the term to describe imaginary scenarios for success based on simple misunderstanding of realities
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Multi exposure of brain drawing hologram and us dollars bills and man hands. Ai invest concept

Why AI Breaks Down Where Human Creativity Begins

Part 1: AI can handle statements that are internally coherent but that is not the same thing as correspondence with reality
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Glowing Light Bulb in the Dark

Science Writer: The Self Is Part of a Conscious Universe

Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail
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Nature Within.

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and the Human Industrial Revolution

To stand against IVF is not easy, because it provides infertile couples the blessed opportunity to conceive children. But it is the door into new and hellish bioethics
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Close-up of CRISPR technology in action, DNA strands glowing under advanced lab lighting

An Experimental Physicist Reacts to Pop Physics Re the Big Bang

Physicists Brian Cox and Sir Roger Penrose make a number of claims about infinite and endless universes. But how much of this is really physics? We asked Rob Sheldon
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Big Bang in Space, The Birth of the Universe 3d illustration

Terminator Dark Fate: A Sickening Conclusion

There is no actor alive who could deliver some of these lines in a believable way
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A haunting view of a post-fire urban landscape.

Podcast: Free Will, Determinism, and the Immortal Soul

Michael Egnor explains, to claim, “There is no free will,” is to make a rational argument while denying the very capacity that makes rational argument possible
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Omega, the letter of a Greek alphabet. Greek numerals, mathematical eight hundred number concept. Abstract, digital, wireframe, low poly mesh, Raster blue neon 3d illustration. Triangle, line dot

No, Large Reasoning Models Do Not Reason

Large reasoning models continue the Large Language Model detour away from artificial general intelligence
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Transform photo stock management with AI reasoning models that enhance image perception and optimize digital asset organization.