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A Needed Protest Against “AI Slop” and AI “Word Vomit”

It’s all another lesson in human exceptionalism. I believe we will wake up from the AI delusion someday. Read More ›
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Decline and Fall: A Vision of a Human-Free Planet

As the author of the review, Adrian Woolfson, says, the coming human eclipse originated in a sin against Darwinism. Read More ›
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The “Grim Good” of Animal Research

Futuristic medicine is here. A paralyzed man was able to move his own arm using electrodes implanted in his brain and arm. Read More ›
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River to Receive Human Rights?

The message, of course, is that humans are not the least bit exceptional. Read More ›
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European Parliament Committee Wants Robot Rights

Yes, it could "happen here." Read More ›
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From the “Nothing Special” Files — Apes and Their Theory of Mind

The business about knocking us down from a pedestal is based on a false premise. Read More ›

A View of the World Fueled by “Nothing Special”

It's a depressed teenager's nihilism -- but proved by science! -- versus an exalted picture of the cosmos. Read More ›
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Language Is a Rock Against Which Evolutionary Theory Wrecks Itself

Language is the tool by which we think abstractly. It is sui generis. It is a gift, a window into the human soul. Read More ›

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