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The cosmic secrets of godlessness all wrapped up by a fellow with a Ph.D. writing on the internet
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Will Religion be Vindicated When AIs Rule Over Us as Gods?
Will Religion be Vindicated When AIs Rule Over Us as Gods?
Conversing with an AI chatbot about humans’ relationship to nature
Benjamin Cain
Apr 19
Technology Sings Hymns to Our Impending Godhood
Technology Sings Hymns to Our Impending Godhood
How technology automates religious ritual
Benjamin Cain
Apr 18
Conservatives Revere the Wilderness, not Civilization
Conservatives Revere the Wilderness, not Civilization
Correcting Dennis Prager’s gaslighting about social progress
Benjamin Cain
Apr 17
Nature is a Haunted House, and Scientists Find the Ghosts
Nature is a Haunted House, and Scientists Find the Ghosts
How science ironically re-enchants the cosmos, leading to a dire existential reckoning
Benjamin Cain
Apr 16
Wokeness is a Triumph of Liberal Decadence
Wokeness is a Triumph of Liberal Decadence
Thinking through progress as an escape from animals’ servitude to nature’s wildness
Benjamin Cain
Apr 15
The Telltale Contrast Between Biden’s and Trump’s Speeches
The Telltale Contrast Between Biden’s and Trump’s Speeches
It’s a battle between corporate lameness and flamboyant flimflam
Benjamin Cain
Apr 10
No, Nihilists, Morality Isn’t Vacuous in Nature
No, Nihilists, Morality Isn’t Vacuous in Nature
The vindication of humanistic values, despite the failure of their religious justifications
Benjamin Cain
Apr 8
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Consciousness: The Nemesis of Naturalism?
Consciousness: The Nemesis of Naturalism?
A debate between a classical theist and a naturalistic atheist
Benjamin Cain
Apr 4
Consciousness, the Crow’s Nest, and the Judo Throwing of Nature
Consciousness, the Crow’s Nest, and the Judo Throwing of Nature
The role of qualia in alienating life to motivate the taming of the wilderness
Benjamin Cain
Apr 3
The Vindication of Autocracy in the Face of Wild Nature
The Vindication of Autocracy in the Face of Wild Nature
Luck and the liberal’s faith in civilized freedom
Benjamin Cain
Apr 2
Is Naturalism Vacuous?
Is Naturalism Vacuous?
A debate on whether naturalists can devise a meaningful worldview that rejects theism and supernaturalism
Benjamin Cain
Mar 28
Transgendered People are Pioneers of Transhumanism
Transgendered People are Pioneers of Transhumanism
What’s at the root of the conservative’s grievance against trans people?
Benjamin Cain
Mar 27
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