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Keep America Great

Strong Campaign Slogans? Winning Tag Lines? Don’t Ask AI

I watched a bit of President Trump’s campaign launch rally in Orlando last night and found it interesting to see him crowd-testing campaign slogans. Read More ›
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The Masks of Prague

They have taken on the masks of their former taskmasters and let their heritage stand empty, though thankfully not yet in ruins. Read More ›
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Robert Marks: Why “Edmond de Belamy” Is Bunk

It has to do with the difference between interpolation and extrapolation. Read More ›
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Photo: A leafy sea dragon, by Sylke Rohrlach from Sydney [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons.

Robert Marks on Evolution and Creativity

In our culture, crossing a range of thought disciplines, one views says that AI, entrepreneurship, and evolution can dispense with creativity. The algorithm is all! Read More ›
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On Being Human — A Reflection

Evolutionary biologist David Barash is a man on a mission. He wants to make sure that we all know we are only human, and that means we are only animal. Read More ›
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The Chin Enigma

A scientific theory that on principle refuses to see the obvious is an achievement of which only humans are capable. Read More ›
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Beauty as Evidence for Intelligent Design

Beauty does not come from randomness. It is beauty, not ugliness that must be explained. Read More ›
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Beauty Leads Us Home

Why is the world a beautiful place and why does it touch me? Read More ›
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David Gelernter: “You Need To Know Who You Are To Begin With”

Knowing who you are, where you came from, is a central purpose of education, and frankly not only in the humanities but in biology. Read More ›
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Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism

There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three. Read More ›

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