Tag: brain
Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms
It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time.
Are Memories “Stored” in the Brain?
The answer has implications both for neuroscience and for our deeper understanding of the mind-body relationship.
New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”
It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons.
Fossil Friday: New Research Questions the Human Nature of Homo habilis
A consensus is scientifically worthless when it is driven by worldview bias and peer pressure rather than by an unbiased inference to the best explanation.
No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris
Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion.