Tag: intelligence
A Positive, Useful Discussion of Human Exceptionalism … On the Internet? Yes!
Not all humans can be concert pianists. Some humans can’t speak or get out of a wheelchair or remember their daughter’s name anymore. Here we enter into moral and ethical issues.
Human Computation — A “Practical Application” of Intelligent Design
As Denyse O’Leary asks, “Why is it comparatively easy to develop a program to play chess, as opposed to teaching a robot to walk freely?”
Dembski: Descartes Understood the Limits of Artificial Intelligence
The new Bradley Center for Natural & Artificial Intelligence is deeply informed by the work of William Dembski.
Human Exceptionalism — An Evolutionary Dilemma
Following Darwin, with an assist from Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin, Ken Miller proposes that human reason, consciousness, etc. are exaptations, or “spandrels.”
Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul
Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills.