If OpenAI fails, would the tech industry suffer?
Economist Gary Smith, writing in MarketWatch, says OpenAI’s failure would not replay the 2008 financial crisis. Not enough is at stake.
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The “Anthropocene” geological epoch is dead, as an idea
Lähde, who regrets the decision, mentions “Capitalocene,” “Anglocene,” and “Plantationocene” as awaiting their chance in the wings.
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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 awayNear-death experiences are challenging — not science — but the materialist presumption that has dominated for many decades in science.
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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 racismJames 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.
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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 foodThe problem with neuroscience today, Dr. Green says, isn’t lack of data, but lack of a unifying theory.
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Tech industry layoffs continue; AI’s role remains unclear
Whatever is really going on, claiming that AI made the workers obsolete is good for keeping investors and valuators confident.
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Researchers sometimes “add” copy just to get published
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.
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At Fast Company: AI is not the cause of current job loss
Two of our writers, economist Gary Smith and technology consultant Jeffrey Funk, offer a very different assessment.
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Today in science journals: “Accuracy” in data takes a back seat
From the paper: “community well-being is more important than “accurate” data, and data makes us visible to institutions.”
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At tech mag: Silicon Valley’s belief in AGI is conspiracy theory
The Valley forgets to factor in that everything in this universe has its limits.
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Space travel: The future is slowly becoming everyday reality
Catch the vibe at COSM 2025. Oh, and we’ll also be talking about the national debt…Relativity Space likes to call itself a “customer-centric rocket company.” When we hear a tag line like that, we know times have changed.
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Surprisingly Polite Response to Non-Materialist Book on the Mind
The discussion with well-known skeptic Michael Shermer and leading neuroscientist Christof Koch was notably polite and productiveTwenty years ago, materialism was expected to explain everything; now, more people are looking for broader picture answers.
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Researchers: There can be memory outside the brain
Kukushkin et al. have a rather different philosophy of biology than we would expect to find in, say, textbook Darwinism. And they offer evidence.
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Pure Unlimited Love: Faith, Freedom, and the Path to Peace
To illustrate the nature of the qualities needed, Dr. Post shared with Dr. Egnor a moving story from his time working in a geriatric psychiatric hospital in Mount Vernon, OhioDr. Egnor agreed, observing that the United States seems to be losing its ability to hold respectful disagreement. Post responded by quoting Abraham Lincoln’s call for unity
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Search engine chatbots may be killing Wikipedia
It’s not clear how this will impact a commonly heard criticism of Wikipedia — bias. Chatbots could be tweaked to spout biased information too.
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COSM 2025 Talk: Where Are We With AI Right Now? Really.
Recent developments should focus attention on Uli Homann's talkJust as the AI industry is becoming more analytical and realistic about how best to use AI, some users are falling in love with chatbots. We need to know more.
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Maturing Toward God: An Update from Charles Murray
It’s significant that the rethinking, in this and other cases, was prompted by evidence from scienceKlinghoffer notes that the question, “Why there is something rather than nothing?” is also addressed in the new video, “Proof of God in 3 Minutes.”
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Stephen Post and Michael Egnor: Restoring Community Amid Division
In the dialogue on his new book, Dr. Post defines love simply: when the well-being of another person becomes as real and meaningful to you as your own, you love that personMichael Egnor adds that classical philosophers defined love as “willing the good of the other,” not merely liking someone and Stephen Post agrees.
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Natural Intelligence Creates Information; AI Processes It
Human intelligence creates new information through free, purposeful choices, while AI can only process/transform existing data according to predetermined rulesIf intelligence essentially involves agency, artificial general intelligence (AGI) in the human sense is not attainable by computation alone.
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Health Care: AI Changes Everything. But What Will the Changes Be?
A panel at COSM 2025 next month can help us separate the hope from the hypeThe more useful an AI data collection system becomes, the more tempting a target it will be for hackers. Some risks are actually the price of success.
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