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In Defense of the Pit Bull: How pseudoscience, the media, and racism turned America’s dog into a social construct

August 20, 2022August 20, 2022 michael.santos

Defining “pit bull” The pit bull has been so maligned and misrepresented that even the term “pit bull” is now imprecise. It is more of a sRead More…

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The Hard Problem of Consciousness as a Blocker for AI/ML

August 18, 2022August 18, 2022 michael.santos

One of the most infamous challenges for the mainstream physicalist paradigm of today is the hard problem of consciousness, also called the mind-body Read More…

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How to Write a Thriller: The Keys to Suspenseful Writing

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 michael.santos

In this article, we begin discussing thriller novels by talking about suspense. How do we create suspense? How does it work within a crime novel toRead More…

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Defining Consciousness in Philosophy

August 15, 2022August 16, 2022 michael.santos

There are a multitude of definitions for “consciousness,” most of them lacking. In this article, we discuss the philosophical definitions, as tRead More…

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How to Write Dialogue

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 michael.santos

In this article, I’m giving you my rules for great dialogue writing, one of the most important skills for any author to master. In my genre ofRead More…

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How to Write a Mystery: It’s All a Game

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 michael.santos

In this article, we discuss how to write a mystery story, one of the most popular forms of crime fiction on the market. How do the mechanics of theRead More…

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