Category: Science
Blind Ambition — Revisiting Searle’s Chinese Room
For the most part, computer scientists have tended to ignore Searle’s argument and the point of view that it represents.
Is Mathematics Discovered or Invented?
Some think that math is invented. Evidence, though, points towards its discovery.
Denton Explains How Light Sustains Human Life
“The atmosphere lets through just the light we need,” says Denton, “and the sun puts out just the light we need. It’s a remarkable coincidence.”
Ovid in His Exile
Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University was the scene of many strange experiments.
Engineering, not Evolution, Explains the Body
Laufmann and Glicksman point to essential systems within systems within systems — irreducible complexity cubed, if you will.