Scientists exaggerate how ethical they are in doing science...
As Dennett might put it, a mechanical calculator is an example of "competence without comprehension". The human brain/body performing a formulaic...
Further investigation ahead, though. Might be subcultural, and thereby a correctable balance possibly achievable. - - - - - - - - - - - - Dogma...
Last year, Kim Lachance set Emily Dickinson's poem to music (video at bottom). Critique: "I'm Nobody!" is one of Dickinson's most popular poems,...
The unsurprising non-detection of intelligent aliens https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/unsurprising-non-detection-intelligent-aliens/ Long...
The key problem with the “brain in a vat” thought experiment https://bigthink.com/13-8/the-key-problem-with-the-brain-in-a-vat-thought-experiment/...
Sex differences don’t disappear as a country’s equality develops – sometimes they become stronger...
Sounds like a typical dream to me. My avatar or oneiric POV seldom (if ever) has any access to what the "generative" part of my "quisecent" brain is...
Consciousness and the Dennett Paradox https://johnhorgan.org/cross-check/consciousness-and-the-dennett-paradox INTRO: The idea that consciousness...
No doubt other "proto-genocidal" or developing hotspots in the world do attract some protesters (even the Uygurs plight occasionally does). But...
Yes, there's no definition of "real" that has been concocted that holds up universally or is without controversy (invulnerable to criticism). The...
What is conceived as the conventional nature of matter, anyway -- that it lacks internal qualitative states. Which arguably falls out of the...
Apparently, these "permalinks" simply don't last with WSJ, like they do elsewhere -- only holding up for a few hours. It's not a denial of the...
The beginnings of modern science shaped how philosophers saw alien life – and how we understand it today...
‘The Invention of Prehistory’ review: Facing deep time...
Given how much of Mike's regular behavior persisted, makes one wonder what the rest of its brain had been good for. Mike the Headless Chicken...
The unofficial favorite contemporary philosopher of many scientists [and non-theists] is gone. - - - - - - - - - - - Obituary...
What myths about the Anthropocene get wrong...
Gregg Carlstrom: "Very encouraging, in terms of possible further escalation, that the IRGC's first reaction to what appears to be an overnight...
Since a philosophical zombie sports a similar "will" or issues commands to its limbs (all mechanism and no inner appearances), one would have to...
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