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Jonathan Witt Takes Us on a Fantastic Voyage

"You’re a computer geek living thirty years in the future, and you just won a lottery for a space flight to a distant planet, as yet unnamed." Read More ›
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Photo: Peter Singer, by TimVickers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Contradiction in Peter Singer’s Worldview

He never provides any reason why rationality, self-consciousness, and the ability to plan the future have any value. Read More ›
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Photo: William Erasmus Darwin as a child with his father, Charles, by Cambridge University Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Design in the Grand Human Story

Two famous individuals who share the birthdate of February 12, 1809, are Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln. Read More ›
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Thanks to Optimal Design, Eyes and Brain Give a Glimpse of the Future

Although the brain can process images at breakneck speed, there are physical limits to how fast neural impulses can travel from the eye to the brain. Read More ›
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Will AI “Own the World”? Robert J. Marks Talks with Laura Ingraham

In response to those who believe AI will take over the world, Marks says, "Look at history." Read More ›
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Statue of a young Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury School, by Ailurus~frwiki / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).

Listen: Darwin Returns from the Future

Nickell John Romjue’s time-traveling Darwin returns to his family home and offers some final reflections on his eye-opening visit to the 21st century. Read More ›
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Photo: Visitors admire the iconic Darwin statue at London's Natural History Museum, by Thomas Fabian, via Flickr.

Would His Theory’s Cultural Impact Dismay Darwin?

Darwin experiences the future and is shocked to learn about the impact his theory has had on areas outside of science. Read More ›
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What Is It Like to Be a Spider? 

A recent research article from Germany has made quite a splash in the popular media and raises some very interesting questions about animal minds. Read More ›
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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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Determinism: “An Irrational Rejection of Evidence”

German theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder takes even human choices to be merely an illusory experience. Read More ›

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