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Who, Exactly, Is the Subject of Evolutionary Psychology?

Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor and science writer Denyse O’Leary offer some thoughts about why the discipline does not make sense
The whole Darwinian paradigm of natural selection falls apart when you’re dealing with the human mind. It’s a very different thing.

Do We Really Live in an AI Simulation?

A formal logical analysis explains why the hypothesis is self-undermining
The simulation argument quietly replaces one proposition with the other. It begins with evidence about the world we observe and ends with a conclusion about a world we can no longer observe.

Claims for a Multiverse Violate Basic Logic

Michael Egnor: To account for the fine-tuning of our universe, many thinkers claim, without evidence, that there are innumerable universes. But they won’t accept the existence of God
Occam’s Razor is never raised as a critique of the multiverse that I’m aware of. But multiverse claims are an obvious contradiction of the Razor’s minimalist approach.

Are Our Rights Blessed by God, or Begrudged by Government?

In every situation, protections accorded human rights have reflected what cultures and governments think about the value and dignity of man
In the Western tradition human rights have been said to exist independently of the state because they have been based upon human dignity.

On Our 250th Anniversary, There Is a Battle for America’s Soul

The most impassioned appeals for human rights by politicians and scientists mean nothing if they have abandoned their belief in the distinctive dignity of man
Without this conviction there is no logical ground for supporting human rights in the United States or elsewhere; there is no logical ground for human rights at all.

That Monkey Cannot Even Find Shakespeare!

When it comes to randomly typing out the complete works of Shakespeare, time is not the monkey’s problem; information is
Instead of asking whether a system can imitate human behavior, the relevant question is whether it can generate new functional information.

ETs in UFOs Would Not Exist in a Purposeless Universe

Biologist Michael Denton’s work shows that human technology is not an accident of humans simply adapting to our environment
Purpose and design in nature were required to produce a universe, star system, and planet amenable to the production of technology.

A Mystery of Consciousness — Thinking While in a Coma

Researchers are finding that many unresponsive bran-damaged people have covert consciousness. The question is, how to help them?
Neurologist Brian Edlow hopes that brain–computer interface technology like Neuralink will help researchers communicate with covertly conscious people.

Horizontal Innovation Requires More Than Novel Outputs

Current AI systems excel at producing output novelty, but I do not believe they demonstrate algorithmic novelty
LLMs' impressive outputs demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithms; they do not demonstrate that the AI has invented new computational methods.

The Pope Just Weighed In On AI

If your religious organization doesn’t yet have a theology of AI, start building one because the conversation is already happening without you
The question isn’t whether AI will harm us. The question is actually whether we will remain human.

God, The Science, The Evidence: The Dawn of a Revolution 

The book sets out the reasons for thinking that the universe is the creation of a rational supernatural being, as traditional religion and philosophy have attested
In effect, therefore, this book is a call for a return to the medieval vision of a rational God who created rational creatures equipped to discover the verities of nature. In other words, to do science.

An Evening With Michael Egnor at Cornell

The linked talk alone was worth coming to hear, but the Q&A truly did not disappoint
Egnor continued to reference the scientific research at the foundation of his talk and repeatedly challenged his questioners.