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New Book: Against Illiberalism

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 / David Cycleback

Against Illiberalism: A critique of illiberal trends in liberal institutions, with a focus on Unitarian Universalism

Intolerance and Illiberalism in Unitarian Universalism

July 5, 2022December 12, 2022 / David Cycleback

Following illiberal trends in other liberal institutions, the national UU leadership has been taken over by fanatical self-proclaimed radicals trying to transform UU into an authoritarian, illiberal church.

How to Make Universities Mediocre

June 2, 2022July 8, 2022 / David Cycleback / 1 Comment

Examining an intolerant and illiberal culture on some American campuses

Why the UUA is Doomed to Fail

May 5, 2022December 17, 2022 / David Cycleback

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is attempting to both increase general UU membership and greatly increase racial minority membership. While the goals are admirable, the UUA’s radical approach is ill-conceived and likely to fail.

Examining the ‘I’ in ‘AI’

February 9, 2022February 12, 2022 / David Cycleback

A concise examination of the eternal key questions and problems concerning intelligence and artificial intelligence. These are the questions that Alan Turing, Marvin Minsky and Hubert Dreyfus all puzzled over and debated.

Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism and Religion

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 / David Cycleback

How will AI and changes to human capabilities alter religion?

How the Unitarian Universalist Association Works to Dismantle Democracy

December 18, 2021May 24, 2022 / David Cycleback

UU leadership does fundamental anti-democratic practices associated with authoritarian movements and totalitarian regimes.

Antiscience in the Left and Right, and Why Antiscience often is the Wrong Term

October 13, 2021December 28, 2021 / David Cycleback

While rejection and skepticism of science is often associated with the political Far Right, it also exists in the Far Left.

What Is Time? 

September 25, 2021February 3, 2022 / David Cycleback

Time is one of humankind’s unanswerable mysteries.

Children, Non-Human Animals and Spirituality

November 22, 2020December 2, 2022 / David Cycleback

Mysticism and spirituality involve the brain naturally if unusually functioning in particular ways. With their brains functioning differently than that of adult humans, and young children and non-human animals literally perceiving the world differently, children and non-human animals appear to be able to, if perhaps not more able to, think in spiritual ways.

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