Tag: biotechnology
One Brain, Two Consciousnesses?
The idea that split-brain surgery can create two separate minds is immortal — in science fiction.
Truth and Trust in Large Language Models
How much truth is ChatGPT or Gemini giving us? How much can we trust their answers to queries? As we’ll see, LLMs can lay no claim to truth.
For Science and Free Speech, Lessons from Oppenheimer
Like all great art, the movie evokes reactions in the viewer beyond what the filmmaker might have intended.
Scientists Are Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cells
Once again, biotechnology is racing ahead of our capacity to intellectually digest what is happening.
“Anything Goes” Reproduction Gathers Steam
Medicine isn’t just about curing illness anymore. It is also a resource facilitating lifestyle enablement and the fulfillment of subjective personal desires.