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The Dohuk Dam Reservoir along the river Dohuk in the Kurdish governed region of Iraq, Middle East

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News
Date
February 6, 2025

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Arts & Culture, Paleontology

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Ella Egberts, Evrim Yazgin, Paleolithic hand axes}

Hand axes from as long at 1.5 million years ago found in Iraq

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February 6, 2025

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Arts & Culture, Paleontology}

We know so little about life before people started writing things down but every such discovery is a sort of light going on. Read More ›

Determined Handsome Doctor Uses Digital Tablet Computer while Walking Through Hospital Hallway. Modern Bright Clinic with Professional Staff.

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News
Date
February 6, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Philosophy of Mind

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Generative AI strengths and weaknesses, Joe McDonald, Robert J. Marks}

Joe McDonald: How AI Can Complement Human Capabilities

_{Despite its limitations, AI excels in areas where humans struggle, such as analyzing large datasets, identifying patterns, and automating repetitive tasks} _{News
February 6, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs), Philosophy of Mind}

Dr. McDonald emphasized that AI is best used as a tool to enhance human abilities, not replace them. Read More ›

Armed super soldier with supersonic gun in the cyber city. cyberpunk city. cyborg. Robot. Generative AI

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News
Date
February 5, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Military

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Gary Marcus on Google and weapons, Google and surveillance, Google and weapons development, Google Don’t be evil slogan, Hugh Langley, Matt Novak}

Google will now develop AI for weapons and surveillance

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February 5, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Military}

Perhaps the big worry, with firms of that size and power, is whether — whatever any government’s intention — the tail will end up wagging the dog. Read More ›

Portrait of young bearded man using public phone wearing hoodie (jacket) and black sunglasses - informant, spy, secret agent and fake news concept

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News
Date
February 4, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Law

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Ben Weingarten on federal censorship, Bias reporting systems, Donald Trump on federal censorship, Greg Lukianoff on bias reporting systems}

U.S.: bias reporting systems spread from campus to neighborhoods

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February 4, 2025

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Censorship, Law}

The trend may be short-lived. On campus, fear of not graduating seals many lips. Off campus, many would lose little by challenging unconstitutional bias police. Read More ›

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News
Date
February 3, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind

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Non-Computable You (Discovery Institute 2022), Ratio Christi, Robert J. Marks, Robert Zeinstra}

Robert J. Marks to speak at the University of North Texas Feb 10

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February 3, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Mind}

The focus of the talk will be the theme of his recent book, Non-Computable You: What You Do That Artificial Intelligence Never Will. Read More ›

Tiananmen Square, one of the world's largest city square, China landmark location, in Beijing China

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News
Date
February 3, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Large Language Models (LLMs)

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DeepSeek and censorship, Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess, Michael Geist on DeepSeek, Tienanmen Square (massacre)}

DeepSeek unapologetically offers political censorship

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February 3, 2025

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Censorship, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

And besides, it is a wonderful app if you want to be sure that the Chinese Communist Party knows all your business. Read More ›

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News
Date
February 3, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Politics

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Anthony Fauci, Larry Hogan, Moderna vaccine for COVID, Novavax vaccine for COVID, Robert R. Redfield, Trust in public health, Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund, Wesley J. Smith, White House Coronavirus Task Force}

Anthony Fauci and Trust in Public Health: An Inside View

_{Ex-CDC director Robert Redfield explores the issue of trust in public health — and its loss — with Wesley J. Smith} _{News
February 3, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Politics}

FDA doesn’t want to release the safety data on the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines until 2026, Redfield says, because it may make people vaccine-reluctant. Read More ›

female player plays poker and takes chips to raise the bet

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News
Date
February 2, 2025

Categorized
Evolution

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Alfred Russel Wallace, Charles Darwin (his unfinished big book), Charles Lyell, Descent of Man (1871), Featured, James Dwight Dana, Louis Agassiz, Origin of Species (1859), Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, Robert F. Shedinger, Samuel Wilberforce (1805–1873), Stephen Jay Gould, Terry Scambray, Various Contrivances (1862)}

Proof of Darwinism Lies in a Book That Was Never Written…

_{Terry Scambray looks at Robert Shedinger’s Darwin’s Bluff, which tells the tale of the proof that Darwin was always “going to” provide} _{News
February 2, 2025

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Evolution}

As Scambray observes, in the end, Darwin did not really need to provide clinching evidence. Intellectuals already *believed in* evolution and that was enough. Read More ›

James Webb Space Telescope reveals emerging stellar nurseries and individual stars in the Carina Nebula

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News
Date
February 1, 2025

Categorized
Astrobiology, Cosmology

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Cosmos and Camus (Peter Lang 2020)), Fine-tuning of the universe, Shai Tubali}

Philosopher: Should we just accept a lifeless cosmos?

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February 1, 2025

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Astrobiology, Cosmology}

The fine-tuning of the universe, and Earth, for life suggests a Mind behind it all so, even so, we are not alone. But we don’t know. Read More ›

Two chimpanzees on a large rock in the zoo.

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News
Date
February 1, 2025}

Chatbot is asked to estimate the probability of human evolution…

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February 1, 2025

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Uncategorized}

Human evolution from an ape-like creature is the central myth of secular society, enabling self-understanding, and it is unclear that evidence is even relevant. Read More ›

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News
Date
February 1, 2025

Categorized
Chemistry

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Chemistry and fine-tuning, Chemistry’s Metaphysics (Cambridge 2024), Vanessa A. Seifert}

The periodic table as a product of laws of the universe

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February 1, 2025

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Chemistry}

If the periodic table can be expressed as laws, as Seifert argues, then it is another argument for the design and fine-tuning of the universe for life. Read More ›

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News
Date
January 31, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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Angus Menuge, Brian Krouse, Dualism, Functionalism, Minding the Brain (book), Pat Flynn, Physicalism (and consciousness), Robert J. Marks}

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} _{News
January 31, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

Minding the Brain, to which the panelists contributed, challenges skeptical readers to move beyond physicalism, which is not producing useful results. Read More ›

The Spread of Misinformation on Social Media, Examining the role of social media in the dissemination of false information and its consequences on society

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News
Date
January 30, 2025

Categorized
Media, Politics, Social Media

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Karoline Leavitt, Taylor Lorenz, White House briefing room changes 2025}

White House briefing room catches up with the 21st century

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January 30, 2025

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Media, Politics, Social Media}

Just as the Democratic Convention did, the new White House briefing room favors bloggers, podcasters, and influencers alongside waning traditional media. Read More ›

Young Asia lady nurse giving Covid-19 or flu antivirus vaccine shot to senior male patient wear face mask protection from virus disease at health clinic or hospital office. Vaccination concept.

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News
Date
January 29, 2025

Categorized
Medicine and Health, Politics

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CDC and Covid, Covid vaccines, Operation Warp Speed, Robert R. Redfield, Wesley J. Smith}

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} _{News
January 29, 2025

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Medicine and Health, Politics}

He talks about how Americans were sometimes misinformed on critical issues like whether the vaccines prevent Covid. Read More ›

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News
Date
January 29, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

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DeepSeek and energy costs, DeepSeek and U.S. competitors, Donald Trump on DeepSeek, Featured, Nvidia and DeepSeek, OpenAI and DeepSeek}

DeepSeek’s AI Model Shakes the Market

_{A wake-up call for U.S. tech} _{News
January 29, 2025

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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

The new reality is one where efficiency, not just brute computing power, will dictate the future of artificial intelligence. Read More ›

Family tree concept, dna, genes, ancestors. A large box suitcase lies on the table with old photographs. AI generated Generative AI

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News
Date
January 28, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Genetics

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23andMe business dilemmas, Diana Kwon, Genetic profiling, Hank Greely}

At Nature: Genetic profiling firm 23andMe nearing extinction?

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January 28, 2025

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Business and Finance, Genetics}

Dilemma: If the genetic tests that identify ancestry also truly predicted health issues, as claimed, why are they not standard medical procedure? Read More ›

White chatbot robot leading robots group on dark bluish reddish background 3D rendering

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News
Date
January 28, 2025

Categorized
Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)

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DeepSeek r1, Gary Marcus on DeepSeek r1, Lucas Ropek}

Is DeepSeek r1 really an AI apocalypse?

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January 28, 2025

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Business and Finance, Large Language Models (LLMs)}

AI analyst Gary Marcus points out that DeepSeek was trained more cheaply but has the same problems with hallucination and does not think like a human (AGI). Read More ›

View of planet Earth with a medical mask on. Concep for world wide spread of Coronavirus desease

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News
Date
January 28, 2025

Categorized
Censorship, Medicine and Health

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COVID-19 (reassessment), John Ratcliffe, Lab leak theory reassessed, Marty Makary, Michael Shellenberger, Neal Pollack, Vaccine injuries admitted}

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…} _{News
January 28, 2025

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Censorship, Medicine and Health}

The CIA now admits that the lab leak theory of COVID's origin is a good bet and vaccine injuries are beginning to be more openly discussed. Read More ›

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News
Date
January 25, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Psychology}

Cognitive Psychology and AI: Exploring Their Intersection

_{Cognitive psychology can be contrasted with behaviorism because it investigates the black box of mental processes} _{News
January 25, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Psychology}

Cognitive scientist Dr. Joe McDonald notes that AI is not able to contextualize information, which limits its use in psychological tests. Read More ›

Silicon Valley Landmark from Above in the Morning

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News
Date
January 24, 2025

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency, Politics, Social Media

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Marc Andreessen, Ross Douthat, Silicon Valley and politics}

Marc Andreessen on how Silicon Valley culture is changing

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January 24, 2025

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Artificial Intelligence, Cryptocurrency, Politics, Social Media}

The change very much affected political allegiances in last year’s U.S. election. Read More ›