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Stefan Sciaraffa on In Memoriam: Barry Allen (1957-2025)April 14, 2026
Please see this link for the final version of the McMaster Philosophy Department’s notice for Barry Allen. There is some…
Patrick S. O’Donnell on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
Perhaps one can quibble with this or that statement or claim, and of course speaking about probabilities or risk estimates…
Mark on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
There’s a couple of issues here: On point 3, it’s been a long time since I looked into this, so…
Roger of Invisible America on The increasing risk of nuclear warApril 14, 2026
Imaginative paraphrase in King’s spirit, not an actual quotation from Dr. King: What is missing here is not factual sobriety,…
Dan Schwarcz on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 14, 2026
Thanks for your comments. A few quick responses: (1) The source packet was 12 pages long and less than 5,000…
Milan Markovic on Does AI degrade human comprehension and reasoning?April 13, 2026
These type of experiments should, as much as possible, emulate real-world conditions. The initial assignment in this study was to…
Mark on “AI will destroy universities”April 13, 2026
Sorry to keep beating a dead horse, but something just occurred to me that I haven’t seen anyone discuss. Why…