Category: Neuroscience & Mind
Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers
Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both.
Egnor: Two Weaknesses of Agentive Cosmopsychism
There are a limited number of explanations available for how cosmic fine-tuning came to be. Actually, there are three.
Rights Are Not about “Feelings”
Thomas Hills argues that we will accord human-style rights to robots because we will come to empathize with them.
Is Science Objective? Steven Pinker’s Counterattack Against the “War on Science”
Unfortunately, Pinker’s overweening faith in science as a reliable path to the truth has its own problems.
Sure, Animals Count; But Can They Count?
What is the nature, and extent, of animal intelligence?