How did the patriarchs live for hundreds of years? #maklelan3348

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3AORUWMhUX0

Isaac Asimov: The Last Question (Seth Andrews: The Thinking Atheist podcast)

Enjoy a 35-minute reading of one of sci-fi author and scientist Isaac Asimov's greatest stories.

PDF of "The Last Question"
Interview: 

https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast-1/episode/79d80eeb/isaac-asimov-the-last-question

White House's 'Founders Museum' blurs history, AI-generated fiction : NPR

One concern is how AI-generated videos can sometimes blur the line between reality and fiction. In one video, an artificially generated John Adams says, "Facts do not care about your feelings" — a phrase often used by conservative commentator and PragerU presenter Ben Shapiro. 

"I have real concerns about the extent to which they weave together words that are preserved in primary sources from historical figures with other sort of commentary," Gillis explains. "And it's not always clear [when] the historical figures actually said the words that are coming out of their mouth, or wrote them down, and when this is the work of whoever scripted them."…

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/03/nx-s1-5521261/white-house-ai-founders-museum

 

Texas library board wrongly labels Wampanoag history book as fiction

If government officials can dismiss a well-researched, factual account of history as fiction, then what other truths will they try to silence?

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/texas-library-censorship-wampanoag-rcna175926

Neurocracy: futuristic murder-mystery fiction as told through Wikipedia

This experimental game is a network of near-future science-fiction stories, connected by a central mystery

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/sep/16/neurocracy-murder-mystery-wikipedia-experimental-game

Trump's World of Fiction is Undermining Our Democracy

Here's how Trump's world of fiction is undermining our democracy and how we can fight back:...
https://youtu.be/ZsUuFe07PQU
.

An Economist Explains: How to Sort Facts From Fictions - The New York Times

In public debates about economic policy, it can be hard to separate real insights from political posturing. But a few simple rules of thumb can help. Start with information you can count on. Crucial economic statistics — like the unemployment rate, inflation or gross domestic product — are generally produced free of political influence.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/08/business/economic-facts-political-fictions.html

Richard Carrier: Acts as Historical Fiction

Dr. Richard Carrier surveys the literary evidence that Acts is not an attempt at recording what actually happened at the origin of Christianity, but is a mostly fabricated story invented as internal propaganda. He also surveys the clues that remain indicating the original story Acts reinvents did not have a real historical Jesus behind it.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5MUUP4l6l4&feature=youtu.be