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Topic: Philosophy (page 2)

Donald Trump with Pinocchio nose (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Lies, falsehoods and "vacuous truths"

Businessman standing on beach looking at sky (Getty Images/Mark Langridge)

Can Western "culture" survive its myths?

Richard Eckersley

(L-R) Nick Bostrom Philosopher at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sir Francis Galton the father of Eugenics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Longtermism" is everywhere — and toxic

Émile P. Torres

Elon Musk (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Elon Musk's bizarre vision of the future

Émile P. Torres

German Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche pictured on a smartphone (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Nietzche vs. Big Tech

Mary Elizabeth Williams

$Brain fractured into sections (Getty Images/Hiroshi Watanabe)$

When does the "self" cease to exist?

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Elon Musk (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Elon Musk sees our future in the stars

Émile P. Torres

Anti-abortion and pro-choice demonstrators wave their signs outside the United States Supreme Court Building during the former group's annual March for Life, Washington DC, January 22, 1989. Among the visible signs are 'Equal Rights Begin in the Womb,' 'Life Begins at Conception,' and, on the other side of the issue, 'Keep Abortion Legal.' (Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why no one can define when "life" begins

Face on Mars (Corbis via Getty Images)

The science of seeing faces in patterns

Members of the far-right extremist movement Boogaloo Bois, stage a demonstration at Oregons State Capitol in Salem, Oregon, United States on January 17, 2021. (John Rudoff/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Fascist counterrevolution and "ethicide"

Henry A. Giroux

Anti-vaccine mandate protesters demonstrate, on August 24, 2021, outside of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, to support the Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act, a bill that would prohibit mandatory vaccinations, and vaccination status disclosures. (STEPHEN ZENNER/AFP via Getty Images)

Anti-vaxxers co-opt "my body, my choice"

Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A philosopher on bad abortion arguments

Grenoble University Hospital Michallon Hospital Department Of Neurology Unit 'Movement Disorder'. Mri Of A 30 Year Old Patient Suffering From Dystonia, Treated By A High Frequency Deep Brain Stimulation By Implantation Of Electrodes At The Level Of The Internal Paladium. These Electrodes Are Linked To A Neurostimulator, Box Implanted Under The Clavicle. (BSIP/UIG Via Getty Images)

The brain implant that zaps bad thoughts

A Mass Patriots for Freedom Rally was held on Beacon Street in front of the State House in Boston, with hundreds protesting against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines on September 17, 2021. (John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Inoculating against "mind parasites"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

People struggle to cross the boundary wall of Hamid Karzai International Airport to flee the country after rumors that foreign countries are evacuating people even without visas, after the Taliban over run of Kabul, Afghanistan, 16 August 2021. | A building was destroyed after Hurricane Ida passed through on August 30, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana. | Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/STR/NurPhoto/Brandon Bell/Samuel Corum)

Can we clean up the mess we've created?

Émile P. Torres

Low Section Of Woman Walking On Boardwalk During Sunny Day (Getty Images/Suwaree Tangbovornpichet/EyeEm)

The random walk of the brain

People hold up signs during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Virginia on June 12, 2021. The term "critical race theory" defines a strand of thought that appeared in American law schools in the late 1970s and which looks at racism as a system, enabled by laws and institutions, rather than at the level of individual prejudices. But critics use it as a catch-all phrase that attacks teachers' efforts to confront dark episodes in American history, including slavery and segregation, as well as to tackle racist stereotypes. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

How to fight manufactured ignorance

Henry A. Giroux

Fractals of Romanesco broccoli and fern leaves (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

This is your brain on nature

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Does Ockham's Razor still work?

Luke Shors, Amit Chandra

Man on the edge of pier (Getty Images)

Finding hope in hopelessness

Artificial Intelligence robot face is divided in two parts, completion and networking on circuit background (Getty Images)

A.I. research hits a dead end

Pro-life activists demonstrate in front of the the US Supreme Court during the 47th annual March for Life on January 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

The ethically weak case against abortion

Nathan Nobis, Jonathan Dudley

Face Of Evil (Original illustration by Mr. Fish)

The evil within: Fascism and Atlanta

Brain Static (Illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How consciousness emerges from static

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