Philosophy

Political Scientism: Beware the Enlightened Ones

It’s Not What You Believe. It’s How You Believe It. George Orwell’s novel 1984 has been selling in large numbers to people scared of a lurch toward authoritarianism in the USA.

May 17, 2017
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Should We Make An “AI Kill Switch” or Give Robots Rights?

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Hank from CrashCourse explains in a YouTube video that our perception of humanity might differ in light of the upcoming age of AI. While he does cite many alternate views,…

May 7, 2017
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Philosophical Debates

Debate: The Universal Basic Income Is The Safety Net Of The Future

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Imagine getting a check from the government every month. $600 guaranteed. It’s happening in Finland, where a pilot program is being launched to test what’s known as a “universal basic…

April 21, 2017
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Category: Philosophy

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The evolution of reason: a new theory of human understanding – Science Weekly podcast

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Ian Sample and Nicola Davis delve into the world of reason and ask why do we have it? How does it work? And what insights might our evolutionary past

April 13, 2017
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The Political Economy of ‘Moral Authority’

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In her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last year (7/28/16), Hillary Clinton forcefully rebutted President Donald J. Trump’s call to “make America great again”: “America is great because…

March 21, 2017
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What Rights Should We Give to Sentient Robots?

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As artificial intelligence advances, the question of whether or not robots should be granted rights has become more pressing. The decision to give or not give these rights to machines…

March 16, 2017
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Ethics & Morality

Political Scientism: Beware the Enlightened Ones

Should We Make An “AI Kill Switch” or Give Robots Rights?

Debate: The Universal Basic Income Is The Safety Net Of The Future

The evolution of reason: a new theory of human understanding – Science Weekly podcast

The Political Economy of ‘Moral Authority’

What Rights Should We Give to Sentient Robots?

Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Mad…

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on A…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Man…

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying t…

Environment

Trump Administration Pauses Construction on All Offshore Wind Projects…

"Destroying Knowledge": Michael Mann on Trump's Dismantling of Key Climate…

Kitchen Nightmare: How Plastic in Everyday Objects Leaches into Food…

Overdevelopment and Climate Change Collide in Catastrophic Flood

Justice

The longest-running strike in the US is over—and the…

Extrajudicial killings from Barack Obama to Donald Trump

Trump Orders States Not to Protect Children From Predatory AI

The New COINTELPRO? Meet the Activist the FBI Labeled a…

Media

CBS Censorship: Bari Weiss Pulls "60 Minutes" Exposé on…

The state of the free press in the US is……

Media Ignore Government Influence on Facebook’s Plan to Fight Government…

Democracy in Crisis: The Future of Journalism

Philosophy

Good vs. Evil: A Matter of Conscience

Grades and Test Scores Don’t Matter. A Love of Learning…

Great Quotations on the Mysteries of Time

The Illusionist

Politics

Special Report on Venezuela: U.S. Kidnaps Maduro, Trump Says…

Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI…

How Did Epstein Get Rich? The New York Times Investigates…

AI Industry Insiders Living in Fear of What They’re Creating

Science

OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth

The Future Of Sharing Means You’ll Never Have To Buy…

With GDPR Decision, Zuckerberg Proves Yet Again He Has Learned…

What If We Could Literally Rewrite the Human Genome?