29Oct 2026 by Post

For Students, Less Tech, Not More — Please!

Andrew McDiarmid, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intimacy, chatbots, ChatGPT, classroom, Common Sense Media, Computational Sciences, Education, focus, friends, Grok, Internet, iPads, Jewish schools, laptops, LLMs, lovers, Mayans, New York Post, Parents, religious beliefs, schoolwork, Sherry Turkle, skydiving, smartphones, social skills, Technology, teens, therapists, video games, willpower, XBOX, young people
This is a struggle going back to before anyone worried about AI. One of my worst decisions as a parent was to allow an XBOX into the house. Source
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24Oct 2026 by Post

NOVA on Evolution of Eating: Here’s the “Science,” Trust Me, Bro!

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There is only a compelling story, beautifully illustrated with plenty of AI imagineering and more scientists testifying to their evolutionary faith. Source
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18Oct 2026 by Post

Choose Your Own Doomsday: Select from These Alarming Options, Scientists Say

Annihilation, Antarctica, apocalypses, Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, cloning, Computational Sciences, computer simulations, COSM 2026, Daily Mail, doomsday, Elon Musk, Geology, humans, Kevin Hunt, longtermism, Michael Marshall, minds, Mouth of Hell, Nicaragua, Nick Bostrom, Nottingham Trent University, planets, Skeptic Magazine, space, sun, Technology, The Conversation, The Shimmer, thought experiment, Volcán Masaya, Wiliam Hunter
In one scenario based on a sci-fi movie, something called "The Shimmer is interfering with the fundamental patterns of life, redefining evolutionary code." Source
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27Sep 2026 by Post

Discovering a Design Argument Based on Biological Information

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Charles Thaxton, along with Walter Bradley and Roger Olsen, wrote what arguably was the first official book of the intelligent design movement. Source
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20Sep 2026 by Post

Learning about Technology, and Relationships, from Wendell Berry

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Berry describes the beautiful working relationship he had with his wife, Tanya. She typed his work on a Royal standard typewriter. Source
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12Sep 2026 by Post

How Much Should Students Use AI? Preferably Not at All

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New York City recently announced a moratorium on AI use in K-12 classes for the 2026-2027 school year. Source
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31Aug 2026 by Post

Grappling with Our Promethean Past … and Future

9/11, artificial inteligence, arts, Benjamin Franklin, bioethics, bombing, Chicago, Christianity, Chronicles, disaster preparedness, Discovery Institute, Discovery Institute Press, district attorney, Fiction, Geoffrey Simmons, George Whitefield, Hiroshima, Hollywood, Intelligent Design, John Zmirak, Just War, Manhattan Project, Michael Crichton, Michael Fassbender, morality, near-death experiences, nuclear physicists, nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer’s Demon, philosophy, physicians, Robert Oppenheimer, tactical nuclear weapons, Technology, The Odyssey, thrillers, World War II, Worldview
As with film, we’d also be wise to support works in other genres that skillfully depict fictional worlds infused with a truthful worldview. Source
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29Aug 2026 by Post

Our Lush World: Considering the Problem of Beauty

"survival of the fittest", beauty, Darwinists, Fire-Maker, geneticists, Giraffe, gratuitous beauty, Guillermo Gonzalez, intelligence, intelligent beings, Intelligent Design, Jay Richards, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nature, problem of pain, scientific discovery, Technology, The American Spectator, The Edge of Evolution, The Story of Everything, Wolf-Ekkehard Lönnig, zoology
“If, on the other hand, one views nature as ingenious artwork that cannot be reduced to the question of utility alone, these problems disappear.” Source
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23Aug 2026 by Post

In NY Post, McDiarmid on Social Isolation and the Tech Nightmare

AI necklace, Andrew McDiarmid, anti-social media, artificial inteligence, Computational Sciences, emailing, friend (tech device), friends, human interaction, humans, new york, New York Post, nightmares, personality, Silicon Valley, smartphones, Social media, startups, statistics, subway ads, surveillance, Technology, texting, The Atlantic, voice
The wearable AI necklace, Friend, opens up a whole new chapter of horror. It’s not a parody: young people wear their “Friend” on their person. Source
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