Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 48 | Science and Culture Today

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David Klinghoffer

Date
November 4, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, Bradley Center, brain, calculations, computers, Discovery Institute, George Gilder, mind, Mind Matters, modeling}

George Gilder: Can a Computer Model a Brain?

_{David Klinghoffer
November 4, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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"The brain is not billions of little computers. It vastly exceeds the most powerful computers in efficiency but it is not directed to calculation as such." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 30, 2020

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Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, Alysson Muotri, autism, babies, biotechnology, brain cells, Center on Human Exceptionalism, consciousness, COVID-19, elections, family, genetic engineering, human brain, human embryos, Humanize, Nature (journal), neuroscientists, schizophrenia, scientists, UC San Diego}

Stifle Your Nausea: Ready for a Dish-Grown Brain?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 30, 2020

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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"We have already genetically engineered babies, the march toward three- (or more) parent human embryos, and radical proposals for creating novel family forms." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2020

Categories
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Scientific Reasoning
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, brain, brain chemistry, chewing, consciousness, dualism, epilepsy, father, intellectual seizures, materialism, medical literature, mental function, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, morality, Mystery of the Mind, neuroscience, neurosurgery, Sabbath, smell, soul, walking, Wilder Penfield}

If Materialists Are Right About the Brain, Why No “Morality Seizures”?

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2020

Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning

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"There are no intellectual seizures, which is odd, given that large regions of the brain are presumed by neuroscientists to serve intellectual thought." Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 21, 2020

Categories
Fine-tuning
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, abstract thought, BackReaction, brain states, Brian Miller, determinism, differential equations, Discovery Institute, Evolution News, free will, intellectual seizures, intelligent design, Jerry Coyne, Journal of Theoretical Biology, materialism, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, Sabine Hossenfelder, Stephen Meyer, thought, Wilder Penfield, will}

Fine-Tuning, Free Will — Now We’ve Got Two Challenges for Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder

_{David Klinghoffer
October 21, 2020

Fine-tuning, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Physical Sciences, Physics

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She acknowledges that she is speaking from outside one relevant field. Can you really use physics to deny free will while ignoring neuroscience? Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 7, 2020

Categories
Evolutionary Psychology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anger, animals, anthropologists, anxiety, Darwinism, Denyse O'Leary, disease, evolution, evolutionary biologists, grief, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, narrative gloss, pain, Philip Skell, Psyche, The Scientist}

The Evolutionary Psychologist Will See You Now

_{David Klinghoffer
October 7, 2020

Evolutionary Psychology, Neuroscience & Mind

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It needs no wisdom to stamp “ANIMAL” on the sufferer’s forehead, any more than it does to stamp “DISEASED.” Read More ›

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Date
September 23, 2020

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Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, birds, circadian clock, Darwinism, Ernst Haeckel, evolutionists, firefighters, fruit flies, functional information, humans, infants, insects, intelligent design, mammals, natural selection, neurons, phylogeny, rapid eye movement, rats, reptiles, roundworms, Science Advances, sleep}

Sleep on It: Design in the Subconscious Brain

_{Science and Culture
September 23, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind

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An international team reasoned there had to be a purpose for sleep. In one of the largest datasets ever collected, they believe they found two functions. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan Wells

Date
September 21, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abortion, abortion pill, Albert Olszewski, Alberto Giubilini, Ana Rosa Rodriguez, Animal Liberation, aversive action, babies, birth canal, blood samples, brain, curette, developmental biology, dilatation and curettage, dilatation and evacuation, distress, fetal age, feticide, fetuses, Food and Drug Administration, Francesca Minerva, gestation, gestational age, Guttmacher Institute, Indiana, injury, Montana, New York City, newborns, Nik Hoot, pain, Peter Singer, petri dish, phenylalanine, phenylketonuria, Planned Parenthood, pregnancy tissue, prosthetic legs, Roman Catholic, Russia, Should the Baby Live?, Sopher clamp, United States, Washington Post}

At What Point In Its Development Can a Human Being Feel Pain?

_{Jonathan Wells
September 21, 2020

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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Peter Singer has argued that animals, like humans, deserve protection because of their ability to suffer. Read More ›

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Date
July 31, 2020

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, artificial intelligence, C.S. Lewis, Dan Brown, future, Hesiod, history, ID the Future, john lennox, Max Tegmark, MIT, mythology, Oxford University, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, science fiction, theology, transhumanism}

Oxford Mathematician John Lennox Reviews AI Predictions Through the Ages

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2020

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy

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With Robert J. Marks, Dr. Lennox discusses AI’s cousin, transhumanism, its surprising history, and its potentially very dark future. Read More ›

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Date
July 27, 2020

Categories
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, artificial intelligence, consciousness, economy, future, ID the Future, john lennox, mathematician, medicine, Oxford University, podcast, programmers, Robert J. Marks II}

John Lennox: What (Not) to Expect of Artificial Intelligence in 2084

_{Science and Culture
July 27, 2020

Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A key question as we move toward this future, says Lennox, is what does it mean to be human? Read More ›

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Author
Roman V. Yampolskiy

Date
July 18, 2020

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, artificial general intelligence, computer science, computer simulations, deep learning, evolution, evolutionary algorithms, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, John Koza, Neural Networks, neuroevolution, software, software engineering}

Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

_{Roman V. Yampolskiy
July 18, 2020

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Read More ›