Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 54 | Science and Culture Today

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David Klinghoffer

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March 12, 2019

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Philosophy
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Scientists Probe Stupidity; What Would We Do Without Scientists?

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March 12, 2019

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In their own scientific research, psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger have offered the Dunning-Kruger effect. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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February 3, 2019

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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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Marks on the AI Church: “The Singularity Is Far”

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February 3, 2019

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New religions, including one centered on Artificial Intelligence, follow a stereotyped pattern. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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February 1, 2019

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Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
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Congratulations! Coyne Promotes Egnor to “Archenemy”

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February 1, 2019

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind

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Archenemy sounds a little…obsessive. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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December 13, 2018

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Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
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Great Minds: Marks, Medved on Human Exceptionalism’s Two Frontiers

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December 13, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind

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There are fundamental, unbridgeable chasms on either side, animal and machine. The capacity for creativity, for one thing, stands permanently outside the reach of algorithms. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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December 11, 2018

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Human Exceptionalism
Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
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Talking Animals and Human Exceptionalism

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December 11, 2018

Human Exceptionalism, Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind

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Whether in Warner Bros. cartoons, old jokes, or on Twitter, a good deal of humor has been derived from supposing that animals could talk. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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December 11, 2018

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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

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December 11, 2018

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›

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December 10, 2018

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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy of Science
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Trends in Philosophy of Science: What Does “Semantic Information” Mean?

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December 10, 2018

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Theorists hope to alleviate a deficiency in Shannon information theory, which dealt only with the structure of a communication, not its semantics. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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December 7, 2018

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Biology
Intelligent Design
Neuroscience & Mind
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Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity

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December 7, 2018

Biology, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind

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Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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November 29, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, computers, creativity, Great Minds with Michael Medved, HAL 9000, imitation, innovation, machines, Michael Medved, podcast, Robert J. Marks II, Turing Machine, Walter Bradley Center}

Great Minds: Robert Marks, Michael Medved on the Limits of Computation

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November 29, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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There’s no danger of computers ruling us, but there is a peril in employing them to greatly magnify the impact of our own errors. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

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November 11, 2018

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Neuroscience & Mind
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Egnor — Introducing the Aristotelian Neuroscientist

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November 11, 2018

Neuroscience & Mind

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Considering Hamlet, the Aristotelian can appreciate both the physiology and the drama to which the mechanist is blind. Read More ›