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New Zealand Mountain Named a Person with Rights, Responsibilities
And what responsibilities can the mountain possibly assume? Can it be sued for an avalanche?
Terminator Salvation Part 3: A Return to Roots
This movie remembers what the second Terminator film forgot: the true nature of the machines
Douthat: Our Minds Are Tied to Reality
The New York Times columnist thinks everyone should be more religious“The world is intelligible,” Ross Douthat said to Jonah Goldberg on “The Remnant” podcast. Douthat, an opinion columnist at The New York Times, has a new book coming out on religion and why “everyone should be more religious,” and he joined Goldberg to discuss the book along with our current political landscape. Douthat, a Catholic, referenced fine tuning and the profound evidence of intentional design in nature as one of the motivations for his own faith. He told Goldberg that it’s remarkable that we have minds that are able to accurately comprehend the world around us, let alone the chemical makeup of the universe. Our questioning natures, bent on discovering the truth of things, demonstrate that we live in something Read More ›
Sports Gambling: The New Addiction Storming America
Making money off your favorite team just got wildly popular. But is it healthy?Super Bowl 2025 is less than two weeks away, with the Philadelphia Eagles finding themselves in a rematch with reigning champions, the Kansas City Chiefs. Sports engagement has ballooned over the past few years through the medium of online sports betting. Formerly illegal, sports betting has taken the U.S. by storm, with major celebrities and sports stars going on air advocating the practice. Making money off your favorite team just got wildly popular. But is it healthy? A recent article titled “I Got Divorced Because of Sports Betting” shows the dark side of the gamble. Pitched as an easy way to make money online, no one talks about the mad fury that ensues after your bet fails to deliver, your Read More ›
Beyond the Physical: Exploring the Nature of the Mind
A recent podcast panel challenged the prevailing materialist assumptions about the mind and explored better accounts of the richness of human consciousness
Some Lessons From DeepSeek, Compared With Other Chatbots
I tested OpenAI o1, Copilot, and Gemini Flash, along with DeepSeek, on a question about Tic-Tac-Toe
Gender-Dysphoric Children Protected from “Gender-Affirming Care”
The American medical establishment is increasingly the fringe advocate on this issue
Former CDC Director Discusses the Covid Years: What Worked, Didn’t
Robert Redfield’s surprising interview with Wesley Smith shows that there was significant opposition within the agency to the vaccine mandates
DeepSeek’s AI Model Shakes the Market
A wake-up call for U.S. tech
The Subtle Ways That Science Writing Erases Human Exceptionalism
Stone tool use among animals versus the Stone Age provides a useful illustration of the tendency
COVID: It’s Becoming Safe To Openly Admit the Facts
The days of “fact-checking,” aimed at getting everyone vaxxed, appear to be over. Just look at the significant recent admissions…
TikTok Is Banned in the U.S. No It’s Not. Yes It Is. No It’s Not…
The political stew aside, we need to look at the key ways TikTok differs from typical social media
Monday Micro Softy 11: What Happened to That Other Dollar?
Shirley, Goodness, and Mercy get the discount for their cheap hotel rooms but the figures don’t really add up
AI and the Destructive Lies of the Tool Trope
You've heard this, right? “Technology isn’t good or bad; it’s a tool, it’s just how you use it that matters.” False.
AI Specialist Explains Why AI Can’t Replicate Human Experience
A profound recent experience crystallized the difference for him between brain and machine
Colorado Supremes Unanimously Nix Elephant Personhood
The court further ruled that such a radical and culture-destroying change in law should not be imposed by courts but rather legislatures
Cognitive Psychology and AI: Exploring Their Intersection
Cognitive psychology can be contrasted with behaviorism because it investigates the black box of mental processes
The Tech Giants Looming in the Background
The presence of these tech giants at Trump's inauguration signals a major "vibe shift" in the culture.