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One of the main reasons I recommend rationalism for everyone is that humans are really, really suggestible. Once strong emotions are engaged...

Today I'd like to look at two articles that are especially interesting in juxtaposition. The first is about a study out of the Universit...

In the episode of Star Trek  called "The Return of the Archons," Captain Kirk and the team from the Enterprise  visit a planet whe...

A lot of the time, I'm hopeful about humanity, convinced that we have sufficient intelligence and compassion to figure out, and ultimate...

A couple of years ago, I posted a frustrated screed about the potential for AI-generated slop to supplant actual creativity.  My anger at t...

I've spent a lot of time here at Skeptophilia  in the last five years warning about the (many) dangers of artificial intelligence. At th...

If you needed further evidence that the aliens who are running the simulation we're all trapped in have gotten drunk and/or stoned, and ...

Remember how in old college math textbooks, they'd present some theorem or another, and then say, "Proving this is left as an exerc...

In its seven-year run, Star Trek: The Next Generation  had some awe-inspiring and brilliantly creative moments.  "The Inner Light,...