Tag: privacy

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
December 6, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, C. S. Lewis, citizens, closed-mindedness, COVID-19, freedom, government, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, natural world, pandemic, physical science, podcast, privacy, public health, science, scientism, scientists, technocracy, The Magician’s Twin}

From C. S. Lewis, Prophetic Warnings on Science and Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
December 6, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

What happens when science leaves human values behind? Or when governments become beholden to scientists? Read More ›

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Date
February 25, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, American Council for Science and Health, artificial intelligence, Belgium, bias, chatbot, climate change, Gary Smith, hallucination, medicine, neuroscience, privacy, psychiatry, safety, Stanford University, suicide}

Replace Psychiatrists with AI?

_{Science and Culture
February 25, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

"A Belgian man, after weeks of dialogues with his chatbot 'confidante,' committed suicide after it encouraged him to sacrifice himself for climate change." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, corporations, hacking, humans, information, Internet, MIT Technology Review, privacy, smartphones, social media, technologists}

You Thought the Internet Would Make Life Easier? Get Ready for Mandatory “Personhood Credentials”

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2024

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

3}

Governments have proven themselves quite incapable of keeping information private, as have the largest corporations. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
November 22, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, C.S. Lewis, COVID-19, freedom, government, humans, ID the Future, intolerance, John West, lockdowns, moral relativism, natural world, physical science, podcast, privacy, scientific progress, scientism, scientists, technocracy, Willing Slaves of the Welfare State}

C. S. Lewis’s Prophetic Legacy on Scientism

_{Andrew McDiarmid
November 22, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

As an illustration, John West discusses the COVID pandemic and how that recent public health crisis revealed much of what Lewis warns against. Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
November 21, 2020

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute, employment, humor, intelligent design, privacy, scientists, t-shirts, Zazzle}

Funny and Thoughtful Intelligent Design-Themed T-shirts? We’ve Got Them!

_{Amanda Witt
November 21, 2020

Intelligent Design

1}

If you are in a vulnerable employment situation, please enjoy these shirts only in the privacy of your own home. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Amazon, artificial intelligence, computers, George Montañez, Google, Jay Richards, materialist, Michael Egnor, Museum of Flight, privacy, Robert J. Marks II, robots, smart machines, Stony Brook University, The Human Advantage, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

Bradley Center to Sort Reality from Rubbish on AI; Join Us July 11 in Seattle for the Big Launch!

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Technology

3}

I sometimes wonder if hype about artificial intelligence, the wonderful or terrible things it will do for or to us, functions as a deliberate distraction. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
June 5, 2018

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, addiction, artificial intelligence, autonomy, Baylor University, Discovery Institute, George Montañez, machines, media, Michael Egnor, Microsoft, Museum of Flight, privacy, Research, Robert J. Marks II, robots, Stephen Hawking, Stony Brook University, Texas A&M, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, Walter Bradley, Walter Bradley Center, William A. Dembski, William Allen Theater}

New Discovery Institute Center to Explore Threat, Promise, Limits of AI; Seattle Launch on July 11

_{David Klinghoffer
June 5, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

3}

The Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence will focus on the profound concerns stirred by the mystery of minds. Read More ›

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Author
Bruce Chapman

Date
May 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, algorithms, artificial intelligence, athens, Big Data, C.S. Lewis, Darwinism, Dataism, democracy, Homo Deus, Israel, Marxism, Politics, privacy, religion, scientism, Socrates, Yuval Noah Harari}

From Darwinism to Dataism: Will We Lose Democracy to Techno-Religion?

_{Bruce Chapman
May 26, 2018

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

6}

When tyranny comes it often is introduced as some improvement, or as the correction of some perceived problem. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 9, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Human Exceptionalism
Technology
Tagged
, __k-review, Alexa, Amazon, gasoline, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jeff Bezos, privacy, supermarket, Wesley J. Smith}

No, Thanks, Jeff Bezos. I Do NOT Want Alexa Controlling My Home.

_{David Klinghoffer
May 9, 2018

Bioethics, Human Exceptionalism, Technology

3}

This is extremely creepy. Insisting on privacy is an aspect of what Wesley J. Smith calls human exceptionalism. Read More ›

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Author
Brendan Dixon

Date
January 17, 2017

Categories
Computational Sciences
Technology
Tagged
, __nedited, artificial intelligence, automation, child-rearing, deep learning, education, information, media is the message, Neil Postman, Neural Networks, neutrality, privacy}

Turn Over Child-Raising to a Computer?

_{Brendan Dixon
January 17, 2017

Computational Sciences, Technology

5}

Mattel's new "smart baby monitor," their digital nanny dubbed Aristotle, leaves me flummoxed. Read More ›