Though ugly and repellent, racism can be an awe inspiring phenomenon

[Begin ChatGPT 3.5 summary of Guardian article] A recent Guardian article tells the story of Patrick Braxton, the first Black mayor of Newbern, Alabama, a small rural town. Braxton’s election in November 2020 disrupted a long-standing political system dominated by white leaders. This made him the first Black mayor in the town’s 169-year history. However, …

Faith and the “Problem” of Evil

The religious men – the imams, rabbis and priests – declare we cannot know the mind of god. We cannot hope, nor should we attempt, to understand his wisdom in dealing with the world. In one instance he heals an elderly, terminally ill patient, in another he allows a child to be crushed beneath a …

Preacher Kenneth Copeland Skillfully Unmasked

In a skillful and breathtaking interview, Inside Edition journalist Lisa Guerrero provides a fascinating and literal look into the eyes of what can only be described as demonic religion, one that goes around denouncing others as demons. It could be said it takes one to know one. If there is an annual prize for “Best …

Looking for AI Experts to Build a Revolutionary System!

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Private Medicine Does Harm

Private medicine, which denies healthcare to those who cannot pay, is not consistent with the Hippocratic oath that doctors take to do no harm. How does the Hippocratic oath square with private medicine? Are not doctors who work for a system that denies healthcare to those unable to pay, doing harm? It surely harms people …

Denial, Delusion and the Village Idiot[1],

The following are off-the-shelf, ready-to-go replies to the vexations of deniers, liars and fools. Sufficiently concise as to fill a coffee break or banter around the water cooler, they could, possibly, have an effect on the recipient. Climate change denial First, try reason. Through ample scientific evidence climate change is real and human driven, you …

The Fruit of Science is Truth – Max Plank

Though Science makes mistakes, it never cheats or fails whilst making them. This is probably what Max Plank intended when he said that science is always truthful. It does not claim to be error free, but it can claim to be truthfully in search of correct answers whilst getting some wrong. It has a valid …

Human and AI Authored Works: How to Tell the Difference.

Since the launch of the Microsoft backed generative AI language model ChatGPT, developed by OpenAI, people have been quick in leveraging its stunning output in a multitude of areas, from writing emails, poetry, news articles, doing research and even writing books. With books in particular, human authors and up-and-comping novelists are worried. Thousands of AI …

Responses by ChatGPT to Digital Archaeology Search

Below are some questions that future generations of digital archaeologists and indeed anyone might pose to Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots regarding our present time. Responses here are given by our current generation of AI bots (in this case ChatGPT). Future bots will obviously be more powerful. As the ChatGPT bot itself cautions, the information it …

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