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computer simulation
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Of Course You Aren’t Living in a Computer Simulation. Here’s Why.

Atheist astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes the idea seriously. Read More ›
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soul
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Neuroscientist Michael Egnor on Thomas Aquinas and “A Map of the Soul”

Patients missing large parts of their brain tissue can lead normal lives because the material, the tissue, is not all there is to us. Read More ›
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Bob Dylan
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“Bot Dylan” Is a Mechanical Mockingbird

Creativity has eluded encoding. Programmers have failed to make machines that create as humans create. Read More ›
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Logicblind — Reviewing Andrew Shtulman

Schtulman’s recent book, Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong, is filled with confusions. Read More ›
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Materialism's Fatal Flaw
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Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw Is…Matter

Materialists make a common assumption: that they know what matter is. Read More ›
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Artificial Intelligence
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“Computers in Your Brain”: Ray Kurzweil’s Nightmare AI Vision

I'm trying to count the number of ways that reading Google futurologist as he gushes about the "singularity" makes me feel sick to my stomach. Read More ›
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What Darwinists Don’t Tell You: Valentine’s Day Edition

Darwinism is replete with salesmanship, some of it thoroughly deceptive. Read More ›
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Tom Bethell on Mind, Matter, and Self-Defeating Darwinism

The assertion of materialism, which is the foundation of Darwinian theory, runs headlong into what we know about our own inner lives. Read More ›

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