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Focused Aim: Glowing Dart Hitting the Bullseye
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News
Date
December 24, 2025
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Biography, Intelligent Design
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Why Engineer Walter Bradley (1943-2025) Still Matters

For Bradley, engineering was not about prestige or profit, but about restoring dignity
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December 24, 2025
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Biography, Intelligent Design
Bradley’s ability to “live out loud” as a Christian without proselytizing deeply shaped those around him. Read More ›
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Cybernetic DJ Sets the Beat: A futuristic cyborg DJ in a vibrant club, surrounded by neon lights, hypes up the crowd.
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News
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December 24, 2025
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence
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Why the Real Danger of AI Is Not What You Think

What really makes Donald Wunsch stand out is his focus on what AI can actually do today
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December 24, 2025
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Artificial general intelligence (AGI), Artificial Intelligence
His paper, “Artificial General Intelligence Is Nowhere Near, Artificial Specific Stupidity Is Already Here,” challenges both hype and groundless fear. Read More ›
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Blue Ice covered mountains in south polar ocean. Winter Antarctic landscape. The mount's reflection in the crystal clear water. The cloudy sky over the massive rock glacier. Travel wild nature
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Stephen J. Iacoboni
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December 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
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How Life Becomes Comprehensible: A New Scientific Framework

Exploring the principles that make existence understandable
Stephen J. Iacoboni
December 15, 2025
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Intelligent Design
Simply put, there is no gradualistic pathway to explain penguins…or cetaceans, or bats, or marine iguanas, etc., or almost anything else, as Behe made clear. Read More ›
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Physics or mathematical equations on a universe decorative LED background give the impression of interstellar space travel.
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brief
News
Date
November 26, 2025
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Cosmology, Panpsychism, Physics
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Physicist proposes new consciousness theory that explains NDEs

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November 26, 2025
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Cosmology, Panpsychism, Physics
Maria Strømme’s approach seems like part of a gradual recognition that materialism is coming under fire for evidence-based reasons. Read More ›
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Woman's face with AI wireframe for artificial intelligence deepfakes and facial scanning concepts
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brief
News
Date
November 25, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Law, Politics
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Google offers new way to check for AI deepfakes

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November 25, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Law, Politics
There will likely be pressure on other image tool creators to embed watermarks and, with any luck, suspicion will fall on those that don’t. Read More ›
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science fiction wallpaper. Beauty of deep space. Colorful graphics for background, like water waves, clouds, night sky, universe, galaxy, Planets,
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News
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November 23, 2025
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Philosophy, Science, Theism
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Bonnassies, coauthor of French bestseller, interviewed on Humanize

The science world appears to be moving away from the assertive atheism of James D. Watson, who died earlier this month
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November 23, 2025
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Philosophy, Science, Theism
A downloadable audio file is available from Humanize of an interview with Olivier Bonnassies, author with Michel-Yves Bolloré of God: the Science, the Evidence (2025). Read More ›
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DNA methylation and epigenetics. DNA, background Generative AI
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David Klinghoffer
Date
November 23, 2025
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Genetics, Religion
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Tortured, Contradictory: The Legacy of James Watson

A noxious atheist, Watson unwittingly pointed the way toward scientific evidence of a creator
David Klinghoffer
November 23, 2025
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Genetics, Religion
A noxious racist, citing supposed genetic evidence of African racial inferiority, Watson’s work with DNA suggests that human beings can’t in fact be reduced to “genes.” Read More ›
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Crumbling infrastructure: urban decay and deteriorating roads with potholes in the heart of the city
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News
Date
November 21, 2025
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Peer Review, Science
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Current Science Is Sending Alarming Signals of a Declining System

Retractions have increased five-fold (and that's just the tip of the problem) while the Big Five science publishers continue to make huge profits
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November 21, 2025
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Peer Review, Science
Some factors blamed are a “publish or perish” culture, lax oversight, secrecy, and the low status of research integrity officers (RIOs). Read More ›
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AI Dreamscapes: The Limits of Imagination and Technology
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News
Date
November 21, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Neuroscience and Philosophy: Limits of Cutting-Edge Brain Science

Neuroscience topics like self-consciousness, social interaction, agency, and the binding problem sit at the intersection of science and philosophy
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November 21, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
The two disciplines of neuroscience and philosophy must work together to better understand what it means to be conscious, to choose, and to be human. Read More ›
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Adventurous Woman at the edge of a cliff is looking at a beautiful landscape view in the Canyon during a vibrant sunset. Taken in Zion National Park, Utah, United States. Sky Composite Panorama
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News
Date
November 19, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Neuroscience and Philosophy of Mind: Bridging the Gap

Computational neuroscientist Joseph Green tackles the gap in the current Mind Matters podcast
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November 19, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Green argues for humility because, while neuroscience is powerful and rapidly advancing, it may never explain the full reality of the human person. Read More ›
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Businessman checking stock market data.
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News
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November 19, 2025
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Nvidia’s earnings call rattles “whole financial world” — but why?

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November 19, 2025
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
Creating and catering to psychological addictions is not like selling shovels, can openers or batteries. It’s much more bubble-prone. Read More ›
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Business chart with glowing arrows and world map
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brief
News
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November 18, 2025
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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If OpenAI fails, would the tech industry suffer?

News
November 18, 2025
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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)
Economist Gary Smith, writing in MarketWatch, says OpenAI’s failure would not replay the 2008 financial crisis. Not enough is at stake. Read More ›
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Vintage 1950 1960 hi-fi stereo radio console with lp record.
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brief
News
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November 18, 2025
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Politics, Science
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The “Anthropocene” geological epoch is dead, as an idea

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November 18, 2025
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Politics, Science
Lähde, who regrets the decision, mentions “Capitalocene,” “Anglocene,” and “Plantationocene” as awaiting their chance in the wings. Read More ›
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The trail disappears into a tunnel of light, leading to a realm where shadows are reversed and reality is distorted, creating a surreal and dreamlike atmosphere.
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News
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November 16, 2025
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Near-Death Experiences, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor: Does the Soul Really Exist?

He offers evidence that helps explain why modern medicine tries to understand near-death experiences, not merely explain them away
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November 16, 2025
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Near-Death Experiences, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
Near-death experiences are challenging — not science — but the materialist presumption that has dominated for many decades in science. Read More ›
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Glowing and shining DNA strands double helix close-up. Medical, biology, microbiology, genetics 3D rendering illustration concept. Artist vision.
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News
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November 12, 2025
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Genetics
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Geneticist James D. Watson (1928–2025): His Contradictory Legacy

Watson and Crick set the stage for what philosopher Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis and yet Watson was a bigoted atheist and champion of pseudoscientific racism
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November 12, 2025
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Genetics
James Watson’s science legacy is for the ages. It would be fair if his ignoble thinking about faith and race faded into the background after some time. Read More ›
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Vibrant illustration of astrocytes wrapping around neurons in the human brain, highlighting synaptic connections
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News
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November 12, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
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A Neuroscientist on the Limits of the “Cutting Edge” of His Field

As Dr. Joseph Green tells his podcast hosts, although scientists can observe all 302 nematode worm neurons, they cannot fully explain how the worm moves or finds food
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November 12, 2025
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
The problem with neuroscience today, Dr. Green says, isn’t lack of data, but lack of a unifying theory. Read More ›
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AI chatbot robot assistant sitting at desk using computer as artificial intelligence. Business concept
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brief
News
Date
November 11, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work
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Tech industry layoffs continue; AI’s role remains unclear

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November 11, 2025
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Artificial Intelligence, Business and Finance, Work
Whatever is really going on, claiming that AI made the workers obsolete is good for keeping investors and valuators confident. Read More ›
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hand of scientist holding flask with lab glassware in chemical laboratory background, science laboratory research and development concept
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brief
News
Date
November 11, 2025
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Chemistry, Peer Review
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Researchers sometimes “add” copy just to get published

News
November 11, 2025
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Chemistry, Peer Review
In a “publish or perish” world, we shouldn’t be shocked — especially considering the more serious scandals. But it is worth noting for what it tells us about the general atmosphere. Read More ›