08Nov 2023 by Post

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Academy Award, AI enlightenment myth, Artificial Intelligence, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bible, computer scientists, COSM 2023, cultoftheai.com, Culture & Ethics, Discovery Institute, ethics, futurists, Google, Hamas, hellscape, Isaiah, Judeo-Christian tradition, kidnapping, killing, Michael Keas, morality, Neuroscience & Mind, Ray Kurzweil, Seattle, Singularity, Skynet, The Imitation Game, The Matrix, transhumanism, Turing test
Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life Source
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26Jun 2023 by Post

As Long as It Doesn’t Hurt Anyone Or does it?

Al Serrato, Christian Ethics, Culture CrossExamined, Divine command, Divine justice, Do no harm, ethics, morality, Theology and Christian Apologetics
Watching classic TV recently I ran across one of my favorite episodes of the Twilight Zone series. Fans of that show will probably remember the classic episode “To Serve Man.” In the story, aliens from a distant world come to Earth with they offer “to help.” Initially reluctant, the inhabitants of Earth are quickly convinced that the aliens mean them no harm; quite the contrary, alien technology helps to eliminate many of Earth’s struggles and problems, and the inhabitants of Earth are quickly seduced by the aliens’ promises. As the story progresses, the aliens offer to take people to their home world, which they promise is a veritable paradise. Many sign up and soon embark on the alien ships to begin their adventure. And why shouldn’t they? After all, everything…
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07Feb 2023 by Post

The Fear of Suffering Is Driving Us Crazy

abortion, American Pediatric Association, animal rights, animal welfare, Belgium, bioethics, birth, California, Canada, Culture & Ethics, doctors, ethics, Finland, France, Gender Dysphoria, gender-affirming care, geographical features, glaciers, Holocaust, human exceptionalism, human life, insects, Jews, Journal of Medical Ethics, Life Sciences, mastectomies, Netherlands, Ontario, Oregon, organ donation, peas, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, plants, rivers, Sweden, unborn children, United Kingdom, Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Our suffering phobia has triggered a harmful societal neurosis that has both subverted human exceptionalism and undermined societal common sense. Source
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02Aug 2022 by Post

Will Laws Protecting the Unborn Endanger Mothers?

abortion, abortionists, Amy Domeyer-Klenske, babies, consent, Dobbs v. Jackson, doctors, eclampsia, ectopic pregnancies, ethics, execution, fetus, health, heart disease, incompetence, Kendra Kolb, killing, Laws, Medicine, mothers, negligence, obstetricians, Roe v. Wade, science, suicide, unborn
A fallacy used by abortionists and their allies is that doctors will be handicapped by having to comply with the law applicable to the care of their patients. Source
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