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Marks: Non-Computable You Won’t Achieve Immortality Through an AI Machine

Dreams of achieving immortality by having your consciousness uploaded, merging man and computer in the predicted 2045 “Singularity,” are just that — dreams. Read More ›
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Photo: A large brown mantis, via Wikimedia Commons.

Do Invertebrates Have Feelings?

Just as vertebrates differ greatly in intelligence and sentience, invertebrates may differ greatly too. Read More ›
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Professor: We Shouldn’t Necessarily Value Humans Over Other Animals

NYU environmentalism prof Jeff Sebo argues that humans are not always rational and that some animals display mental qualities so we aren’t exceptional. Read More ›
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Can Largely Rearranged Genomes Explain Why Octopuses Are So Smart?

Even compared to each other, the genomes of three cephalopods studied had been broken up and extensively reorganized. Read More ›
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Egnor: A Couple of Problems with Ape “Spirituality”

The wish to demote, punish, and degrade ourselves this way, a neurosis special to our modern culture, is itself, ironically, a tribute to human exceptionalism. Read More ›
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Coyne: “The Tuxedo Is Fraying”!

It’s not too often you see a denser collation of cliché taunts directed at intelligent design. Read More ›
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Of Course Animals Have Emotions

These biological facts are often misused to try to push us beyond our welfare duties and into according animals human-type rights. Read More ›

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