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An Intelligent Design Addendum to AI Horror in Connecticut

Once the AI determines your preferred viewpoint, it will tell you what the algorithm "thinks" that you want to hear. Read More ›
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In Connecticut, Horrors of AI Finally Come into View

A 56-year-old man, living with his mother in a wealthy New York suburb, developed a “friendship” with ChatGPT. Read More ›
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Three Memories of William F. Buckley

For Buckley on evolution, see here. I’m enjoying the new bio of him very so far, but am prepared to start joining the critics as I read further. Read More ›
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A Culture-of-Death Tipping Point

A legal battle raged for several years during which the country agonized and argued about the right and moral course.  Read More ›
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End of the Road for Radical Individual “Re-Creationism”? Not So Fast

Transableism is a relatively new term for what is known as BIID, for “body integrity identity disorder.” Read More ›
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Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South?

We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery. Read More ›
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Can a Human Be Gifted Despite Missing Lots of Brain?

Most of what is going on in the human mind is not as dependent on the brain as some approaches to neuroscience would require. Read More ›
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Unprecedented? The News Media Put Words in Someone’s Mouth!

The editors' action was unethical. Given the stakes in the controversy over allowing biological males to take over women’s sports, it was also immoral. Read More ›
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Elephants Sue for Habeas Corpus

The point here isn’t to prevent abuse, if it exists. We have animal-welfare laws for that. Read More ›

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