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Meeting, training and planning with a finance CEO, manager or leader and team in the boardroom. Collaboration, workshop and presentation with a business man and staff talking about vision and mission
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Gary Smith
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July 31, 2026
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Colleges and Universities: Still on a Road to Nowhere

One cost-saving proposal has been to eliminate courses with ten or fewer students, irrespective of what the course is teaching
Gary Smith
July 31, 2026
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Business and Finance, Education

Significantly, no administrators who were contacted recommended reducing schools’ budget woes by reducing the number of administrators.

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July 29, 2026
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If It Is About the Covid Crazy, Don’t Tell Your Diary Anything!

Especially not if you are Anthony Fauci...
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July 29, 2026
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Law, Medicine and Health, Politics
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With the global spread of the new coronavirus pneumonia, an automated line of disposable medical masks makes the masks ready for an epidemic 24 hours a day, COVID-19 outbreak
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 24, 2026
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Is “The brain is a computer!” One of Science’s Biggest Mistakes?

If so, the mistake throws a wrench into claims that conscious computers can ever be built
Denyse O'Leary
July 24, 2026
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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spread of digital brain connections. Artificial intelligence and the idea of neural networks. Concept for mapping the brain's neuronal connections and connectome. Generative AI
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Casey Luskin
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July 24, 2026
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Education, Science
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Papers: Argumentation and Surprise Are Best Ways to Do Good Science

Many studies show that students learn science best when engaging in critical thinking — that is, when they are asked to understand arguments for and against a particular viewpoint.
Casey Luskin
July 24, 2026
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Education, Science
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 23, 2026
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Near-Death Experiences, Philosophy, Science
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A Genuine Science-Based Debate About Near-Death Experiences?

Such a debate seems to be developing. It would make materialism much hard to just take for granted
Denyse O'Leary
July 23, 2026
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Near-Death Experiences, Philosophy, Science
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News
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July 22, 2026
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Animal mind, Evolution
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Maybe Being a Loner Helps the Octopus Be Smart?

With the asocial brain hypothesis, researchers ask us to think beyond traditional explanations for why some animals display unexpected intelligence
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July 22, 2026
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Animal mind, Evolution
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An octopus holding a plastic bottle , generative ai
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Denyse O'Leary
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July 21, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Are Fictionbots Triumphing Over Writers?

At The Spectator, Geoff Bagwell tells us that AI is destined to destroy the creative writing industry as bots take writers’ jobs
Denyse O'Leary
July 21, 2026
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Creativity, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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An open book with pages creatively folded to form a heart, a symbol of knowledge, love, and storytelling, resting on a wooden surface with a blurred background of bookshelves.

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