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Trump’s new budget bill hides an assault on hospice

President Trump’s “big beautiful bill,” which passed the House with almost unanimous Republican support on May 22, mandates $500 billion in cuts to Medicare. This is a cruel assault on some of the most vulnerable Americans that will strip them…
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“Bad trips” can have surprising benefits

Ciddy was anticipating a fun trip when he took LSD by himself. He had tried it before and had a transformational experience in which he felt his body ascend above the Earth’s atmosphere and witness the formation of a new…
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A culture war is brewing over moral concern for AI

Sooner than we think, public opinion is going to diverge along ideological lines around rights and moral consideration for artificial intelligence systems. The issue is not whether AI (such as chatbots and robots) will develop consciousness or not, but that…
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When people hear voices, but only when they want to

Yale psychiatrist Albert Powers didn’t know what to expect as he strolled among the tarot card readers, astrologers, and crystal vendors at the psychic fair held at the Best Western outside North Haven, Connecticut, on a cloudy November Saturday in…
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