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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 14, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, China, consciousness, emotions, hard problem of consciousness, human beings, machines, Northern Illinois University, personhood, robots, Russia, sixth sense, soul, Taylor & Francis, The Economist}

All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 14, 2023

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 12, 2023

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Psychology
Tagged
, analogy, Carl Sagan, cerebral cortex, emotions, Frank Drake, J.B.S. Haldane, language, Melvin Calvin, neocortex, neuroscience, Northeastern University, Paul D. MacLean, persistent scientific errors, Pulitzer Prize, reptiles, reptilian brain, Ross Pomeroy, textbooks, The Atlantic, triune brain theory, University of Oslo, Yale University}

Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 12, 2023

Evolutionary Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology

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Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Belgium, civilization, culture, emotions, feelings, females, gender, gender dysphoria, Germany, males, society, thought, transgenderism}

In Belgium, Subjectivity Triumphs Over Biology

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 3, 2023

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences

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The attitude will metastasize across society and culture, eventually corroding our most fundamental institutions and societal structures. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, abstraction, crying, Dogs, emotions, joy, pain, pets, Research, Scientific Reports, Smithsonian Magazine, tears, The Scientist}

Study: Dogs Cry for Joy as Well as Pain

_{Denyse O’Leary
August 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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That shouldn’t really be too surprising because the fact that humans and dogs can share emotions is part of what forms bonds between us. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
July 22, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, common sense, companionship, confidentiality, consciousness, conversation, emotions, fear, Google, humans, LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, meditation, Non-Computable You, psychologists, reading, Robert J. Marks II, sentience, spirituality, Washington Post, Wesley J. Smith}

Chatbots Might Chat, But They’re Not People

_{Amanda Witt
July 22, 2022

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer claims a chatbot meditates, believes itself to have a soul, has emotions like fear, and enjoys reading. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
June 27, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, arthritis, birds, children, emotional contagion, emotions, folklore, hermit crabs, horses, inequality, mammals, New York Times, pigs, privilege, reality, Salon, social justice, squirrels, The College Fix, World Economic Forum}

Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?

_{Denyse O’Leary
June 27, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 26, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, adrenaline, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, computer science, DNA, emotions, engineers, feelings, free will, Google, human cells, imagination, Isaac Asimov, LaMDA, Language Model for Dialogue Applications, life, love, machines, materialists, René Descartes, self-awareness, sentience, software, soul, Stanford University, toaster, Washington Post, William Hurlbut}

Five Reasons Why AI Programs Are Not “Human”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 26, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer, Blake Lemoine, mistakenly designated one AI program "sentient." Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 24, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, animals, chimpanzees, conversation, Dogs, emotions, Frans de Waal, horses, James Hutton, moral choice, morality, Nautilus, right, Templeton Foundation, University of Vienna, wrong}

Claim: Research Shows Animals Have a Moral Sense

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April 24, 2022

Ethics, Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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We are informed at Nautilus, the Templeton Foundation’s magazine, that “ It’s time to take moral emotion in animals seriously.” Really? Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
April 14, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Dogs, emotions, foraging, fungi, Google Translate, humans, hyphae, intelligence, mushrooms, neurons, neuroscience, The Scientist, University of Exeter, wolves}

Not Just Plants — Even Fungi Like Mushrooms — Talk to Each Other?

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April 14, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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They are NOT judging us but they do have complex communications systems interacting with their environment. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 29, 2022

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, cats, crabs, Dogs, Emory University, emotions, evolution, Frans de Waal, intelligence, Kristin Andrews, lab rats, Nautilus, neuroscience, octopuses, pain, seafood, shells, squid}

Researchers Ask — Serious Question — Do Crabs Have Emotions?

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March 29, 2022

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Recent research has created some unexpected ethical problems for the seafood industry. Read More ›