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Canada has officially banned testing cosmetics on animals
The Canadian government announced the decision in a Tuesday news release. Bill C-47 amends the Food and Drugs Act to ban both…
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Large Language Mimicry
The complexity and hype surrounding Large Language Models make it difficult to disentangle the arguments about generative AI’s potential harms.…
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Calls to regulate AI are growing louder. But how exactly do you regulate a technology like this?
An open letter penned by the Future of Life Institute cautioned that AI systems with “human-competitive intelligence” could become a major threat to humanity.…
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The big idea: could you have made different choices in life?
Now is the time when we look back over the past year and wonder: how did I do? Philip Ball…
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The Metaphysics of Memory
It takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both.…
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Can humanity run out of ideas?
Given this wide breadth of lightbulb moments, from trifling to significant, can humanity ever run out of ideas? To some…
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No Room For Decency
It is as much about the frenzy that follows the gasping anticipation as a beautifully struck free-kick curls into the…
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Desmond Titi 11th Annual International Peace Lecture
2021 Peace Lecture Speeches The 11th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture was delivered by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s highest spiritual…
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When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
The Texas law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, and severely limits the right to have an abortion in…
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Attaining and maintaining peace is the truest act of remembrance
It remains an important and solemn day in Australia, often observed with a reverence reserved solely for it. Jordon Steele-John…
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The better we know ourselves the more prepared we are for setbacks in life
We think we know, but proof comes through testing. We believe we understand until we are challenged. Gary Bentley The…
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”I have not found God in the universe, but Einstein did, in the perfection and the beauty of his laws”
Eduardo Battaner López (Burgos, 1945) has not looked for God in physics, but he has looked for the physicists who…
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‘Hear me now’: Australian of the Year Grace Tame’s speech in full
She told ABC’s News Breakfast she could feel the atmosphere in the room. ABC “And the feeling was reconnection, the…
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The Erasmus Perfidy
With all the deception, delusions and lies that the post-2016 Brexit era has normalized it should not really have come…
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What Is Your Moral Plan for 2021?
Consciously directing our attention to living ethically requires considerably more thought and work. Peter Singer and Agata Sagan Project Syndicate…
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Plant Consciousness: The Fascinating Evidence Showing Plants Have Human Level Intelligence, Feelings, Pain and More
Plants, it turns out, really are highly conscious, intelligent and yes, they do have a brain. It’s just that no…
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