The Ten Commandments Are Not the Foundation of Law

On a rather regular basis you will come across yet another push to erect a 10 Commandments monument on public land such as outside a courthouse. A common variation has also been the push to display 10 Commandments posters within schools. Here are a few recent examples: Much of it is constitutionally suspect, and in … Read more

No, Claude Is Not Conscious: Dawkins, AI, and the Train Illusion

Why Dawkins mistook Claude’s fluent imitation for consciousness, and why the Turing Test still cannot prove subjective experience. Really.

In 1895 the Lumière brothers shot a 50-second silent documentary. It famously captured a steam locomotive pulling into a station. Titled “L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat“, it was first shown to the public in January 1896 in Lyon. A rather popular story is that when the film was first shown, the audience was … Read more