Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Mr._N Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date February 6, 2024 CategoriesHuman Origins and AnthropologyLinguisticsPaleontology Tagged , burial, death, Emory University, Europe, genetic admixture, Günter Bechly, Homo sapiens, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, human origins, humans, invertebrates, life, life after death, Neanderthals, octopuses, Psychology Today, religion, symbolic thinking, uncanny valley Were Neanderthals Religious? Denyse O’Leary February 6, 2024 Human Origins and Anthropology, Linguistics, Paleontology 5 We can’t poll long-dead Neanderthals on life, death, and the hereafter but the evidence we’ve dug up suggests they were thinking about that kind of thing. Read More ›
Sophia the Robot Type post Author Robert J. Marks II Date July 12, 2022 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScience ReportingTechnology Tagged , artificial intelligence, Buddhist monks, eye contact, Frankenstein, Kannon, Mary Shelley, Mindar, packaging, robots, seductive optics, uncanny valley, YouTube videos Hyping Artificial Intelligence with Seductive Optics and the Frankenstein Complex Robert J. Marks II July 12, 2022 Neuroscience & Mind, Science Reporting, Technology 5 Some of the panicky AI-will-take-over-the-world talk grows out of seductive optics — that is, the AI packaging. Read More ›
