Tag: Wired
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.
Can Everything Be Reduced to Data?
“Dataism is at odds with human flourishing. It’s difficult to find a Renaissance moment in this ruinous reductionism.”
Pushing Insect Welfare
Of course, we know that insects are not inanimate. A fly senses when you try to swat it.
Fauci and Collins Owe the Country an Apology
The harm done unnecessarily to children — their lost time in school, not to mention missed socialization — is a blow from which many will never recover.
Engineer: Failing to See His AI Program as a Person Is “Bigotry”
Earlier this month, just in time for the release of Robert J. Marks’s book Non-Computable You, the story broke.