Tag: thinking

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
October 2, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Political Science
Technology
Tagged
, adults, americans, books, government, Harvard Gazette, humans, Jill Sonke, Nation’s Report Card, National Endowment for the Arts, reading, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rose Horowitch, Sam Leith, Sarah Kuta, Sebastian Faulks, Smithsonian Magazine, The AI Delusion, The Atlantic, The Spectator, thinking, twentysomethings, University of Florida, young people}

Abandonment of Books Would Have Devastating Consequences

_{Denyse O’Leary
October 2, 2026

Computational Sciences, Political Science, Technology

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If we reach the point where most people cannot muster that level of sustained attention, changes unwelcome to many of us are inevitable. Read More ›

Close Up Vintage Royal Standard Typewriter with Paper and Books Still Life

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
September 20, 2026

Categories
Arts
Ethics
Technology
Tagged
, artificial inteligence, books, chatbots, Claude, community, computers, Counterpoint Press, dependence, ecological health, economic justice, electricity, Energy, energy consumption, environment, family, Harper’s Magazine, land, machines, natural resources, nature, peace, political honesty, pollution, prosocial intentions, relationships, Tanya Berry, technology, thinking, typewriter, water usage, Wendell Berry, work}

Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

_{Andrew McDiarmid
September 20, 2026

Arts, Ethics, Technology

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Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Read More ›

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Date
August 12, 2026

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, American Society of Anesthesiologists, anesthesia, awareness, brain, brain activity, brain surgery, cognitive issues, cortex, drugs, EEG, electrochemical activity, environment, George Mashour, Jackie Rocheleau, Michael Egnor, Nautilus, neuroanesthesiologists, neurons, neurosurgeons, nightmares, older patients, patients, sensory information, stimuli, thinking, University of Michigan}

This Is Your Brain Under Anesthesia

_{Science & Culture
August 12, 2026

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Even with lighter anesthesia, the stuff of nightmares is unlikely. Your mind is still there, just not taking calls. Read More ›

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Author
George Montañez

Date
July 15, 2026

Categories
Computational Sciences
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, artifacts, Buddy the Elf, C. S. Lewis, cells, Claude, Claude Delusion, Donald Knuth, evolution, femme bot, intelligence, intelligent causes, intelligent design, large language models, Lego blocks, materialism, Nik Prassas, Richard Dawkins, symbolic artifacts, thinking, tokens, Transformer blocks, Turing test, unintelligent causes}

Why Dawkins’s Argument for AI Is an Argument for God

_{George Montañez
July 15, 2026

Computational Sciences, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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If step-by-step mechanical explanations do not rule out creation by intelligent agents, then I’m not sure we can dismiss the evidence for design in nature. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 23, 2026

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Linguistics
Tagged
, Acheulean stone tools, Africa, Biological Theory, brain size, brain volume, Denisovans, encephalization quotient, evolution, FOXP2, genes, Homo erectus, human origins, humans, hunting, hyoid, Indonesia, intellectual capabilities, language, laryngeal air sacs, linguistic communication, modern humans, Neanderthals, seafaring, speaking, symbols, thinking}

Paper Defends Spoken Language in Homo erectus

_{Casey Luskin
February 23, 2026

Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics

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The first thing that comes to mind in the context of intellectual capabilities is brain size. Read More ›

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Author
Kirk Durston

Date
November 25, 2025

Categories
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Physics
Tagged
, aneurysm, axioms, beliefs, blood, body, brain, brain hemispheres, C.S. Lewis, decision, emergence, falsification, free will, heart, illusion, immaterial mind, laws, laws of nature, libertarian free will, mathematics, Michael Egnor, mind, neurosurgery, physics, Sabine Hossenfelder, scientific method, scientists, surgery, thinking}

A Close Look at Free Will: What Should Our Default Position Be?

_{Kirk Durston
November 25, 2025

Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Physics

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The hypothesis that we have an immaterial mind capable of making free, meaningful decisions, continues to be verified. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 15, 2025

Categories
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, awareness, computers, decay, decisions, fungi, humans, intelligence, Japan, learning, machine cognition, machines, memory, Michelle Starr, nature rights, neuroscience, panpsychism, Science Alert, slime molds, thinking, Tohoku University, transhumanism}

Intelligence Without a Brain? The Case of Fungi

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 15, 2025

Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

5}

We confuse the issue if we imply that the intelligence displayed by fungi is equivalent to that displayed by the humans who research them. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
April 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Environment & Climate
Faith & Science
Tagged
, American South, autobiography, Bible, California, clocks, health, inflammation, Journal of Experimental Psychology, motivation, naturalists, nature, pain, physiology, thinking}

Why John Muir Chose Nature Over Machines

_{Andrew McDiarmid
April 4, 2025

Bioethics, Botany, Environment & Climate, Faith & Science

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The famous naturalist put human inventions aside to reap the benefits of nature. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
December 14, 2024

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, brain, brain imaging, coordination, fMRI, Michael Egnor, mind, movement, neuroanatomy, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, textbooks, The Immortal Mind, thinking, tumors}

Brain Imaging Shows Intelligence Uses the Whole Brain

_{Denyse O’Leary
December 14, 2024

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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A focus on specific regions like the prefrontal cortex can mislead. When we are thinking, we use brain-wide connections between many parts of the brain at once. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
July 31, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, chemists, cognition, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, decision-making, Gaia, Galen Strawson, human consciousness, materialism, memory, panpsychism, philosophers, physicalism, Robert Wright, thinking}

Can a Chemical Preparation Display Cognition? This Chemist Says Yes

_{Denyse O’Leary
July 31, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Addy Pross, associated with the evolutionary "Third Way" community, states his guiding principles up front. Read More ›