Paul Hazelden commented on Don Baker's article AI - Alison Pickard Interview
"Thank you - a helpful article, I feel.  For me the key quote comes near the start: "I ... first started trying to build computers that could have emotional intelligence.  While computers do not feel, think, or have conscious experience like people…"
Friday
Paul Hazelden posted a blog post
Introduction
Over the years, I have lost count of the number of 'vision' and 'strategy' meetings I have participated in, where we spent more of our time discussing the meaning of 'mission' and 'goals' and related words than we did actually…
Mar 18
Paul Hazelden published an article
[Back to Spiritual Challenges]
Introduction
There are many definitions of religion; for our purposes here, we can understand religion as shared spirituality.  This is, inevitably, too wide for some people and too narrow for others, but it has the…
Mar 16
Paul Hazelden published an article
[Back to Spiritual Challenges]
Introduction
There is a common assumption in many Western countries that if you are religious, then you 'believe in God', and that your choice of religion is all about believing in the 'right' God.  However, while you…
Mar 10
Paul Hazelden commented on Paul Hazelden's event Discussion
"The topic is 'AI and Ethics' - see the discussion paper."
Mar 7
Paul Hazelden commented on Brian Monahan's article Pacifism and Ukraine
"Brian,
A similar point, perhaps, but I think it's important: you say, "Russians genuinely felt that they were liberating Ukraine from neo-Nazis and Western imperial exploitation – they were just retaking and liberating what had been stolen from them…"
Mar 1
Paul Hazelden commented on Brian Monahan's article Pacifism and Ukraine
"Adrian,
Thanks for that helpful link.
However, I think you misunderstood my second point.  When I said that I see the arms manufacturers as another 'side' to this conflict, with a vested interest in seeing the war continue as long as possible, the…"
Feb 27
Paul Hazelden posted a blog post
MAY GOD BLESS YOU with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for…
Feb 26
Paul Hazelden commented on Paul Hazelden's article Three Kinds of Sex
"Adrian,
There is actually quite a lot of research with apes and monkeys which deals with gender.  I summarised it quite horribly, but I think reasonably fairly.  To give just two of many possible references...

New Scientist: Male monkeys prefer…"
Feb 17
Paul Hazelden commented on Paul Hazelden's article Three Kinds of Sex
"Mark,
Many thanks for this.  As you say, an interesting article.  If I understand it correctly, it seems to be saying almost exactly the same as my article, but using different language, and (in my opinion) talking in unnecessarily dogmatic…"
Feb 17
Paul Hazelden published an article
War
[Back to World Affairs]
Introduction
This is an attempt to identify the key aspects of war.
Almost everyone agrees that war is bad, something to be avoided if possible, but we are not very clear what the ‘if possible’ might consist of: whoever you…
Feb 17
Paul Hazelden commented on Brian Monahan's article Pacifism and Ukraine
"Brian,
Many thanks for this!  Lots to respond to, and I probably won't manage it in one go.
"Russians genuinely felt that they were liberating Ukraine from neo-Nazis and Western imperial exploitation – they were just retaking and liberating what had…"
Feb 14
Mark Collins commented on Paul Hazelden's article Three Kinds of Sex
"This is an interesting article.https://www.patheos.com/blogs/keithgiles/2023/02/the-6-genders-acco... contains a link to the six definitions the article discusses.
http://www.transtorah.org/PDFs/Classical_Jewish_Terms_for_Gender_Di..."
Feb 14
Paul Hazelden published an article
[Back to Reason]
Introduction
Many people are very willing to champion the importance of reason and rationality, but this can be very similar to praising motherhood and apple pie: few people defend unreasonable or irrational behaviour.  I hear…
Feb 13
Paul Hazelden published an article
[Back to Human Identity]
Introduction
What does it mean to be human?  People have discussed and argued about this for a long time.  It is of general interest, but it also plays a significant part in shaping your understanding of other significant…
Feb 12
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