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AI Apocalypse Hysteria
Headlines warning of humanity’s possible extinction by AI have recently been flooding the Internet. The genesis of this recent hysteria seems to be AI researcher Jacob Coxon, who resigned from Anthropic because of his concern that the leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Evan Hubinger, an alignment science lead at Anthropic, added fuel…
Generational Changes in Men’s Need for Conversation
Historians have written about three major shifts in terms of revolutions (not of the political type) that have transformed how people live and relate to one another. The first is the Agricultural Revolution, often divided into two stages, from about 10,000 B.C. to the late 19th century. The second stage is the Industrial Revolution, also…
Are Christians Dumber than Atheists?
I suppose the idea that Christians are less intelligent than atheists goes back to at least the Enlightenment, especially during the 18th century. Then in 1844 Karl Marx famously wrote, “Religion is the opium of the people.” In other words, religion was supposedly a form of pain relief for poor, uneducated people who didn’t know…
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