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Kenneth Francis
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October 9, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind
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A universe grounded in Mind rather than matter

When was the last time you heard or read the words ‘conscience’ or ‘sin’?
Kenneth Francis
October 9, 2026
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Philosophy of Mind

We aren’t just physical beings dealing with materialistic problems of the external world, and hackable brains are not the ultimate nature of who we really are: Our immaterial, immortal minds and our souls.

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October 6, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Human exceptionalism, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Computer Engineer Robert Marks Says AI will Never Match Humans

But do the sophisticated new chatbots prove Marks wrong? Turns out, he is writing a new book to address that
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October 6, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Human exceptionalism, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Richard W. Stevens
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October 6, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics, Politics
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Socialism’s Most Pressing Problem: The Human Mind

Markets, prices, and profits do what socialist central planners cannot: coordinate millions of independent human minds
Richard W. Stevens
October 6, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics, Politics
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Wesley J. Smith
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October 5, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
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AI ‘Claude’ Can Never Be a Person

A rabbi noted that if Claude is a person, Anthropic is engaging in slavery that must stop
Wesley J. Smith
October 5, 2026
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind
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Sentiment analysis and opinion mining concept with emoji faces and digital feedback icons on a laptop and smartphone, representing customer emotions, online review analysis, User experience insights.
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2026
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Addiction, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships
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Seeing Chatbots as People Is Not New. Some See Cars That Way

It's actually a natural tendency but it certainly comes with risks
Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2026
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Addiction, Artificial Intelligence, Relationships
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A man on a romantic date with a robot, girlfriend chatbot, romance and technology
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 2, 2026
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Education, Politics, Social Media
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Does a Decline in Reading Mean a Decline in Thinking?

Thinking is natural to humans. But the current decline in reading may signal a worrisome decline in a particular TYPE of thinking
Denyse O'Leary
October 2, 2026
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Education, Politics, Social Media
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People are standing inside building looking at mobile phone screens
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 29, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture
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Prize-Winning French Author Accused of Using AI; Furor Erupts

The questions the story raises are mostly not about the End of Writing
Denyse O'Leary
September 29, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture
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Robotic hand reaching out of laptop screen to begin typing generative AI writing work. Bloggers and ghostwriters are being supplemented by technology
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Richard W. Stevens
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September 28, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics, Philosophy of Mind
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Why Do Market Economies Succeed? Minds Are the Key Driver

Millions of minds — and billions of choices, tradeoffs, and expectations, as people try to improve their situations
Richard W. Stevens
September 28, 2026
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Business and Finance, Economics, Philosophy of Mind
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 28, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Politics, Religion
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Are They Nuts Down in the Valley? Or Just Pretending?

Preaching the machine god apocalypse sounds a bit much when the real problem is serious security lapses
Denyse O'Leary
September 28, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Politics, Religion
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Digital Dilemma: Transition from Ethical AI to Corrupted Rogue AI
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 27, 2026
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Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Mind, Theism
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Right Now, Science Seems To Be Growing Stale…

If we judge by the number of dead end controversies... And this is just when we might expect it to be booming
Denyse O'Leary
September 27, 2026
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Biology, Cosmology, Intelligent Design, Philosophy of Mind, Theism
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 26, 2026
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Biology, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind
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Slime Molds and the Growing Controversy Around “Intelligence”

How they solve problems with no brain, no nervous system, no conventional sense organs is creating challenges in defining intelligence
Denyse O'Leary
September 26, 2026
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Biology, Panpsychism, Philosophy of Mind
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Richard W. Stevens
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September 24, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Law
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Machines “Chose” to Defeat Hugging Face Security, Steal its Data

Just the Facts: 1,200 swarming AIs don’t need consciousness to wreak havoc – just network connectivity and goals
Richard W. Stevens
September 24, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Computer Security, Law
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