Tag: intelligence
In Some Science Contexts, “Emergence” Really Means “We Don’t Know How”
The word often permits the improbable to be considered probable for the purposes of sounding like science without providing any.
Our Ancestors Are Evolving, Just to Keep Up!
Negative biases about our forebears have long been part of science, education, and popular culture. Why?
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.
Long Necks in Sauropod Dinosaurs — By Neo-Darwinism or Intelligent Design?
The origin of the ingeniously intricate long necks in sauropod dinosaurs has been postulated to have arisen more than 35 times independently.
David Berlinski on the Immaterial, Alan Turing, and the Mystery of Life Itself
If scientists thought that life’s origin and nature would soon yield to scientific reductionism, they have been disappointed.