Category: Neuroscience & Mind
All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)
In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them.
Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking
Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan.
Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism
The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.”
HBO Toys with Transhumanism
As a plot element, a popular show about a family-owned media empire hints at the desire to live forever.
Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences
Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts.