Google's Gemini thinking model hallucinated inside its own chain of thought, layered fiction on fiction, then faked an error when reality caught up.
Artificial Intelligence OpinionCopium arguments transform having no evidence into a winning strategy. From the explain everything gambit to burden of proof reversal, here is how they work.
Media & Press Criticism OpinionIf gender categories keep multiplying until each person has their own, the result is not a taxonomy. It is a list of names.
Opinion Tech & SocietyNobody agrees on what consciousness is. After 2,500 years of trying, the definition still assumes only humans have it, and the evidence keeps proving that assumption wrong.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionThree esoteric believers will all say they believe in magic. Separate them and ask for details, and you get three incompatible belief systems held together by undefined terms and the false consensus effect.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionThe conspiracy theory that Brigitte Macron is secretly a man is absurd. But it has buried the real question: what do we call it when a 39-year-old teacher begins a relationship with her 15-year-old student?
Media & Press Criticism OpinionYour AI overlord will not seize power. It will be elected by your subscriptions, your API calls, and your enterprise contracts. The question is whether voters are paying attention.
Artificial Intelligence OpinionIf morality comes from God, and God is a subject, then God-based morality is subjective by definition. The Euthyphro dilemma is only the beginning.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionThe diamond engagement ring is not a timeless tradition. It is the most successful marketing campaign of the twentieth century, built by a monopoly, enforced by social pressure, and still running.
Media & Press Criticism OpinionTheology has spent centuries building the case for God. Five arguments remain standing. Here is each one at its strongest, and why none of them survive scrutiny.
Ethics & Accountability OpinionThe US-Israeli war on Iran follows a recognizable pattern: create unbearable conditions, wait for a reaction, use the reaction to justify the escalation you already planned. The problem is that this playbook was designed for a 40-kilometer strip, not a country with ballistic missiles and control of a fifth of the world's oil.
Geopolitics & Conflict OpinionJeffrey Dahmer was baptized six months before his murder. If the doctrine of grace means what it says, that is all it takes. The implications are uncomfortable by design.
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