Tag: Star Trek
Don’t Fear the Robots; Fear the Robot Philosophers
Believe it or not, many officially smart people think that (1) we are just computers made of meat, (2) computers will soon become conscious, or (3) both.
Some Proteins Act Almost Like Humans
We know they are just molecular machines, but some proteins appear to have uncanny abilities to sense a situation and make decisions.
The Calculation-Free Design Intuition and the Calculations That Validate It
From childhood, we all naturally ascribe things like spiders and hummingbirds to a “God-like designer.” But are we right to do this?
Darwin’s Point: No Evidence for Common Ancestry of Humans with Monkeys
The bump was originally discovered by the celebrated British sculptor Thomas Woolner, who informed Charles Darwin about it.