Hi everybody, last year I talked a bit about starting up a podcast, but never sorted out the technical difficulties. Now I think I’ve managed to do that, and need people to interview, so consider this a thread to offer suggestions.
Who takes the likes of Sye Ten Bruggencate seriously?
May 9, 2013 By 4 Comments
Sye Ten Bruggencate makes Bill O’Reilly look smart. So how does he manage to make a living as a full-time apologist? Could young-earth creationism be the answer?
I wish more Christians knew this Bible verse
May 8, 2013 By 18 Comments
If only more Christians knew what the Bible really says about prayer…
How intelligible is intelligence?
May 7, 2013 By 7 Comments
This is important, because if all we need to make human-level AI is a relatively small number of key insights, the development of human-level AI might come seemingly out of nowhere. On the other hand, if it’s going to take a slow grind of R&D, we’re likely to get more of a warning. There are also potential implications for the impact of AI and what we can do to manage it. So how intelligible is intelligence?
Greta Christina on infighting vs. healthy debate
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A week ago, Greta Christina posted an article she had written that originally appeared in Free Inquiry on the difference between infighting and healthy debate. Her suggested criteria are mostly very good, with a couple I’d quibble with and a couple that look hopeless.
Discussion topic: presuppositionalism
May 3, 2013 By 19 Comments
Because I haven’t tangled with presuppositional apologetics in awhile.
Is philosophy more like art than science?
May 2, 2013 By 5 Comments
A response to James Croft. Spoiler alert: I think the answer is “no.”
Commenter appreciation day (May open thread)
May 1, 2013 By 4 Comments
A monthly open thread for readers to ask questions, suggest post topics, share random thoughts, and self-promote.
How long before Google Glass (and imitators) are as ubiquitous as smartphones?
April 30, 2013 By 2 Comments
When I was in college, I tried (not very successfully) to write a science-fiction story that, I hoped, would be the most plausible extrapolation of current trends I could come up with. Among other things, I imagined that people would have near-constant internet
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