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.