Claude’s confession did not convince me that it was conscious.
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AI offers a tempting illusion to students—and evidently to some teachers.
The most creative, innovative, and profound MacIntyre was the one who thought about moral rationality.
As people reflect on the chasm that separates their experience from that of their grandparents, everyone is confused.
Monarchy and its symbols seem to retain an allure that is hard to resist—even if in jest.
The stage set becomes, in effect, a metaphor for the way individuality has been crushed in the modern world.
In trying to get a little for myself, why must I push someone else down?
Perhaps our interconnectedness would be more self-evident if only each of us were more vigilant and watchful for our deep connections with each other.
O’Connor posits a universe in which we are mostly fallen but not lost to the possibility of salvation.
Those of us who remain tethered to reality do not require our lovers to pretend to be a succession of role-playing fantasy lovers.