Category: Science
Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story
The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning.
How Modern Physics Reveals Purpose in the Universe
Scientists agree that our universe is finely tuned for the existence of life. But is the fine-tuning a happy accident or the result of foresight?
Bioelectricity Gives Biologists a Jolt
We’ve explored bioelectricity in cells. We’ve looked at it within the human body. Now, electrical engineering is being found in the realms between.
For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer
Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended.
CDC Undercounts Suicide Epidemic by Not Including Assisted Deaths
You can call a dung beetle a butterfly, but it remains a dung beetle. The term suicide defines what is done, not why.