ESSAY: WORRIED ABOUT AI TAKING OVER THE WORLD? YOU MAY BE MAKING SOME RATHER UNSCIENTIFIC ASSUMPTIONS
In an article first published on The Conversation, ELENI VASILAKI, professor of computational neuroscience at the University of Sheffield in the UK, addresses some key concerns about the future of artificial intelligence…
TRANSHUMANISM: SHOULD WE LIVE TO BE 500? CHRISTIANS AND SECULARISTS EXPLORE THE QUESTION TOGETHER
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on a controversial movement in the US…
SIGHT-SEEING: WHAT HAS RELIGION EVER DONE FOR ME?
AMANDA JACKSON looks at how religion has played a role in her life…
ESSAY: SOCIAL MEDIA LIES TRAVEL FASTER THAN TRUTH
Writing from the UK, MAL FLETCHER says a new study showing the truth takes six times loner to be seen on social media than fake news underlines the dangers of social media…
ASTRONOMY: VATICAN STARGAZERS LOOK FOR DIVINE INSPIRATION
JOSEPHINE MCKENNA, of Religion News Service, reports from the Vatican…
GOD OF THE GAPS
For some strange reason, we often come to believe in God as the god-of-the-gaps. That is, God is the One we look to, to explain things we don’t understand. The mechanisms of nature or the forces behind the universe. God fills these gaps! But what this means is, as our knowledge grows, and the gaps […]
ESSAY: HADRON COLLIDER – UNLOCKING LIFE’S GREATEST MYSTERIES? I DON’T THINK SO
MAL FLETCHER argues that spiritual questions – and the deepest mysteries of life in our universe – can’t be answered by science…
ESSAY: GENETICS – A STEP TOO FAR?
MAL FLETCHER urges caution when approaching the issue of genetics…