See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. At last! An initial […]
The Deepest State — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I’d like to propose an analogy. But first, the groundwork. Let’s say you believe (but can’t prove) that there is such a thing as ‘The Deep State‘. Your friend, who is equally […]
AI Does Not Pose A Challenge To Christianity
The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article “Is AI a Threat to Christianity?” proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle Ages adopted […]
The Dangers Of Sam Harris’s Anti-Free Will View
Received this email from Justin. I’ve edited it only to correct the typos my enemies placed in my Inbox. Hi William, I am contacting you because you have a different view on […]
Musk’s Matrix Is Malodorous
“Elon Musk has said that there is only a ‘one in billions’ chance that we’re not living in a computer simulation.” Since all probability is conditional on the assumed premises, the natural […]
Machines Can’t Learn (Universals): The Abacus As Brain Part II
Read Our Intellects Are Not Computers: The Abacus As Brain Part I first. Machines can learn, all right. But they can’t learn like us. Machines cannot apprehend universals, ideas of truth and […]
Clean Razors For Women Who Cut Themselves? What Happened to First Do No Harm?
Physicians long ago abandoned the Hippocratic Oath, for at least the reason that its call for physicians not to cause harm went against the modern acceptance, and even boasting, of killing. Which […]
The New Religion Of Dataism (Another Version Of Man-As-God)
Dataism is the word coined by Yuval Noah Harari in his essay for an optimistic, practical implementation of Scientism. Just as divine authority was legitimised by religious mythologies, and human authority was […]
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