Category: Neuroscience & Mind
“Bot Dylan” Is a Mechanical Mockingbird
Creativity has eluded encoding. Programmers have failed to make machines that create as humans create.
Logicblind — Reviewing Andrew Shtulman
Schtulman’s recent book, Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong, is filled with confusions.
Prairie Dogs Are Cute, But Can They Talk?
There is no doubt that prairie dogs (and many animals) are quite clever. In some ways, animals can be cleverer than men.
Astrophysicist Adam Frank: Materialism’s Fatal Flaw Is…Matter
Materialists make a common assumption: that they know what matter is.
“Computers in Your Brain”: Ray Kurzweil’s Nightmare AI Vision
I’m trying to count the number of ways that reading Google futurologist as he gushes about the “singularity” makes me feel sick to my stomach.
What Darwinists Don’t Tell You: Valentine’s Day Edition
Darwinism is replete with salesmanship, some of it thoroughly deceptive.
Tom Bethell on Mind, Matter, and Self-Defeating Darwinism
The assertion of materialism, which is the foundation of Darwinian theory, runs headlong into what we know about our own inner lives.
The Spike Code: Another Information-Rich Signaling System in Neurons
How rich is the spike timing code in a performance of Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu?
Robert Marks: What Computers Will Never Do
Many Artificial Intelligence researchers wrongly believe that intelligence arises from the application of algorithms.
An Evolutionary View on Speech Isn’t “Settled Science”
And in large part it isn’t even about science.