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The Human Mind Has No History

There is no good reason to assume that human intelligence evolved from mud to mind via a long slow history. Read More ›
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New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain

Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: "The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives." Read More ›
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Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Computer Science, and the Blessing of Children

Robert J. Marks talks with the trailblazing mathematician about Kurt Gödel’s ontological proof for the existence of God, and more. Read More ›
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What Can and Can’t Darwin’s Algorithm Compute?

A number of seminal papers have been published attempting to formalize Darwin’s biological theory from the point of view of computational sciences. Read More ›
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Greg Chaitin: Reading Berlinski “As the Lights of Western Civilization Go Out”

“Wonderfully unconventional and stimulating, with David Berlinski's characteristic wit and penetrating insight!” Read More ›
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Evolutionary Biologist Backs Off from Computer Simulations

PZ Myers is an atheist activist and evolutionary biologist whose blog is more about promoting his left-wing politics than it is about evolution. Read More ›
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Top Ten Questions and Objections to Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics

An evolutionary program whose goal is to master chess will never evolve further and offer investment advice. Read More ›
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Why Evolution Simulations Fail: Author of Evolutionary Informatics Book Explains

Winston Ewert argues that Richard Dawkins’s “Methinks It Is Like a Weasel” simulation doesn’t prove biological evolution and isn’t even very interesting. Read More ›

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