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For natural theologians, proving God was beside the point | Aeon Essays

For natural theologians, proving God was beside the point | Aeon Essays | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
The history of natural theology shows that Intelligent Design and New Atheism both got it wrong, in strangely similar ways
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Nov2022 Title 4: Natural Theology, Intelligent Design & the New Atheism: disentangling the notions of 'proof' and 'indisputable evidence' in exploring the arguments for God's existence...
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The mental life of mountains | New Humanist

The mental life of mountains | New Humanist | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
Thinkers across physics, philosophy and literature believe that even inanimate matter has a mind, of sorts. Is panpsychism worthy of deeper enquiry?
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Nov2022 Title 4 Access consciousness, phenomenal consciousness & panpsychism: when making sense of things, HS experts' search for convincing explanations may be unattainable, irrespective of available evidence...
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Quanta Magazine

Quanta Magazine | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.
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Nov2022 Title 4: QFT, correlation functions & the nature of infinity: searching for an indisputable math explanation of physical reality, if not empirical evidence...
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Alien organisms: Hitchhikers of the galaxy?

Alien organisms: Hitchhikers of the galaxy? | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
Scientists warn that without good biosecurity measures, 'alien organisms' on Earth may become a reality stranger than fiction.
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Nov2022 Title 4: Biodiversity, 'invasion science' & forward/backward contamination: How experts are responding to 'clear' if not indisputable evidence that 'humans have spread organisms...even into space.'
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ToKTutor: Extracts of ToK Essay Guides November 2022

ToKTutor: Extracts of ToK Essay Guides November 2022 | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
In the posts that follow, you’ll find our brief thoughts on the new titles...
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Summary thoughts on the ToK Prescribed Essay Titles for November 2022, based on the new ToK Curriculum 2022...
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Elizabethan Skepticism: How "A Discoverie of Witchcraft" pushed back against a moral panic

Elizabethan Skepticism: How "A Discoverie of Witchcraft" pushed back against a moral panic | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
While still a product of it’s time, Reginald Scot’s “A Discoverie of Witchcraft” in 1584 offered common-sense challenges to the moral panic around witchcraft
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Nov2022 Title 4: Elizabethan England, witchcraft & 'extraordinarie dealing[s]': It seems that the search for indisputable evidence to condemn women as witches was driven by 'extortion, greed and money'...
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Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake?

Are You Better Than a Machine at Spotting a Deepfake? | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
New research shows that detecting digital fakes generated by machine learning might be a job best done with humans still in the loop.
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nov2022 Q4 Deepfakes, AI algorithms & the limits of perceptual evidence: TWE are there 'other things beyond just our visual senses that help us identify what’s real and what’s fake'?
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Mind from Matter

Mind from Matter | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
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Nov2022 Title 4: Computer simulations, biochemical puppetry & alien programmers: the evidence available to support the knowledge consciousness is neither indisputable, nor conclusive... 
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ToKTutor: Additional Extracts of ToK Essay Guides November 2022

ToKTutor: Additional Extracts of ToK Essay Guides November 2022 | ToK Essays Nov 2024 | Scoop.it
In the posts that follow, you’ll find our brief thoughts on the new titles...
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More thoughts on the ToK Prescribed Essay Titles November 2022, based on the new ToK Curriculum 2022...