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Mirror Neurons, Consciousness, and an Irreducible Self
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (382+ words) On this episode, Mind Matters News host Dr. Robert J. Marks welcomes Dr. Mihretu Guta to discuss one of his chapters in the volume Minding the Brain titled "Mirror Neurons, Consciousness" Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 01: 31: 06 | Recorded on April…...
Physicist Brian Miller on The Story of Everything
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (372+ words) Dr. Miller obtained a BS in physics with a minor in engineering from MIT and a Ph D in complex systems physics from Duke University. His research focuses on thermodynamics, information theory, protein rarity, and the origin of life. Dr....
Nothing Apocalyptic About AI, Let's Stop the Headline Hype
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (816+ words) Most media content about AI today read like supermarket tabloids'sensational, shallow, and often misleading. They can confuse more than they clarify. The reasons are many: clickbait incentives, genuine ignorance, and biased enthusiasm from those selling AI products. Most of the…...
Did First Life Come From Space? Not Likely, Says Astrobiologist
1+ week, 2+ day ago (251+ words) On today's classic ID the Future out of the vault, astrobiologist Guillermo Gonzalez and host Casey Luskin discuss the idea of undirected panspermia. Gonzalez explains the basic idea and what the best" Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00: 17: 50 | Recorded…...
Eric Esau on Directing The Story of Everything
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (434+ words) NASA's recent Artemis II mission pushed the limits of human possibility with a record-breaking crewed trip to the moon. Movies like Project Hail Mary and Disclosure Day are exploring the intriguing" Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00: 40: 23 | Recorded on…...
Olasky Books: A new history of public housing
1+ week, 2+ day ago (310+ words) People, in short, need homes, not just housing, and houses become homes when the people inside share hope and ambition: "Poor neighborhoods can be good neighborhoods." The title of Beyond Homeless: Good Intentions, Bad Outcomes, Transformative Solutions, edited by Mary…...
How Science Affirms America's Founding Creed
1+ week, 6+ day ago (376+ words) For generations, the hallowed words of the Declaration of Independence that we are endowed by a Creator with certain unalienable rights has inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00: 42: 08 | Recorded on…...
Evolving Rights? Darwinism's Impact on American Life and Government
1+ week, 4+ day ago (318+ words) The Declaration of Independence is our nation's founding creed, reminding us time and again that "we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights." But for too long now" Download file | Play in new window | Duration: 00: 34: 01 | Recorded on April…...
A River "Co-Authors" Science Papers
2+ week, 3+ day ago (586+ words) The science establishment is continuing its drift into mysticism regarding environmental issues. Our latest example comes from Nature " the most prestigious science journal in the world " extolling an Australian environmental scientist who lists a river as her co-author on science…...
Watch: Wesley J. Smith Participates in Heritage Foundation Panel Discussion on Chinese Organ Harvesting
1+ week, 4+ day ago (242+ words) On April 7, Wesley J. Smith participated in a Heritage Foundation-hosted discussion titled, "Organ Harvesting: Communist China's Hideous Shop of Horrors." He was joined by Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Jay Richards, Representative Chris Smith (R'NJ), Jan Jekielek (Senior Editor of'The Epoch Times,…...