Category: Neuroscience & Mind
Human Exceptionalism — Why Artificial Intelligence Will Never Tell a Story
The personal, communicative nature of storytelling rules out AI as a legitimate author. It can’t intend meaning.
Intelligent Design in Imaginary Numbers
René Descartes, in 1637, is credited with being the first to assign this label to results involving the square root of a negative number.
Science Is Self-Correcting? Time for a Reality Check
In the wake of the Stanford scandal, the reasons why science often ISN’T self-correcting are attracting much more attention.
Is Life Just Chemistry, or Chemistry Plus Information?
Theoretical biologist Marcello Barbieri finds that many biologists see information in life forms as something that “does not really belong to science.”
Barbie’s Subtle Critique of Transhumanism?
The transhumanists want to escape the body into a dreamlike utopia. It will be fully artificial and completely boring.