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A New Look at Three Deep Questions

Delving into the implications of materialistic determinism, and even quantum uncertainty, Coody provides a fresh look at the subject. Read More ›
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A Philosopher Defends Intelligent Design

Peter S. Williams explains the deceptively simple test he uses to silence claims that intelligent design is not a scientific pursuit. Read More ›
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John Horgan on the Madness of “Scientific Omniscience”

“As for life, Dawkins’s claim that it is no longer a mystery is absurd. We still don’t have a clue how life began." Read More ›
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Four Reasons the Multiverse Fails as Science

The multiverse theory has been embraced as a defense against what Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis. Read More ›
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Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence

It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings. Read More ›
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Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder on the Deficiency of Alternative Models to Big Bang Cosmology 

Hossenfelder concludes that “we are facing the limits of science itself.” And the question of the universe’s origin “we’ll never be able to answer.” Read More ›
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New from Science Uprising — Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and the Human Difference

Creativity, not mere copying or following commands, entails thinking “outside the box.” That’s how it can surprise us with genuine novelty. Read More ›
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The Difference Between Humans and Machines

Why do news headlines continually suggest that AI is practically human already, and soon will become fully human? Read More ›
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New Book from Computer Engineer Robert J. Marks: You Are NOT Computable

Just a few days ago a Google engineer revealed that an AI chatbot disclosed to him that it had “come to life” and has a “soul.” Read More ›
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How Darwin and Wallace Split over the Human Mind

Marvelously free of racist prejudice, Wallace noted in his fieldwork in far-flung locations that primitive tribes were intellectually the equals of Europeans. Read More ›

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