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Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room

For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents. Read More ›
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Thomas Jefferson’s Embrace of Intelligent Design

On Independence Day, it is appropriate to review the sources of our rights as citizens. There is one source that is more basic than any other. Read More ›
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Image: Tower of Babel, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, via Wikimedia Commons.

With Becket Cook, David Berlinski Discusses Speech as a Problem for Darwin, and More

Dog owners know that to look into your dog’s eyes is often to see that the dog has something he wishes to say but lacks the “machinery for externalization.” Read More ›
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Photo: Globular cluster NGC 6544, by ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Lewin, F. R. Ferraro.

Intelligence Is Unnatural, and Why That Matters

One of the advantages we have in our study of nature is our ability to observe an entire “unpolluted” universe. Read More ›
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Canadian Disabled Woman Opts for Euthanasia Because She Can’t Get Timely Assistance

I am hearing about this kind of abandonment much more often since Canada loosened its euthanasia eligibility requirements. Read More ›
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Nancy Pearcey: How Darwinism Fueled a “Toxic War on Masculinity”

Tune in for the stimulating discussion and to hear what Pearcey offers as an antidote to the war on virtuous masculinity. Read More ›
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 “What Is a Man?” — New Book Out Today from Nancy Pearcey

Set aside one question of the moment — “What is a woman?” — and turn to another no less important problem that troubles our culture. Read More ›
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Free Will: What Are the Reasons to Believe in It?

Some say that free will might be a useful delusion but neuroscience provides sound reasons to believe that it is real. Read More ›
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Photo: RMS Titanic, by Francis Godolphin Osbourne Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Shades of Titanic — Probing the Wreck of the Unsinkable Enlightenment

Science and reason were supposed to transform the world for the good instead of soaking it in gore. Read More ›
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Medical Association Goes “Neutral” on Killing Patients

Doctors should lead on crucial moral and issues such as this, not be merely flotsam and jetsam. Read More ›

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