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The Ending Point

I think I realized around halfway through writing this blog that it was going to eventually end. Everything that I’ve written here is more or less my opinion (supplemented with facts) and, event… more →

Blogging Against 'The Future'

The Ending Point — 3 comments

Adam Mann wrote 4 months ago: I think I realized around halfway through writing this blog that it was going to eventually end. Eve … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Complexity, Consciousness, Futurism, Intelligence Enhancement, Kurzweil, Metaphors, mind uploading, Neuroscience

Loops and the mind as a computer revisited — 7 comments

Adam Mann wrote 5 months ago: You might not realise it but this sentence you are reading is changing your gene expression. Any man … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Complexity, Consciousness, dualism, Metaphors, mind uploading, Neuroscience, technology, What I'm Getting At

The chaotic brain — 8 comments

Adam Mann wrote 5 months ago: I’m discovering more and more than my own criticisms of the Singularity fall along the lines o … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, transhumanism, blue brain, chaos, chaos theory, Complexity, Computers, intelligence, Neuroscience

Does the Singularity imply dualism? — 7 comments

Adam Mann wrote 5 months ago: I would venture to guess that most Singularitarians do not consider themselves dualists in the tradi … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, dualism, mind uploading, careenium, Douglas Hofstadter, holism, mind-body problem, Ray Kurzweil, Robots

Radical Enlightenment

curiositymatters wrote 9 months ago: Have you read Counterculture Through the Ages: From Abraham to Acid House by Ken Goffman (a.k.a. R. … more →

Tags: Authors and Books, cognition and learning, developing social capital, historical lessons, naturalistic spirituality, Neuroscience, play for all ages, Political Science, Social Justice

The Extended Mind: Technology is Making Us Smarter — 1 comment

bryannelson wrote 10 months ago: There’s a great new article on the extended mind, titled, “How Google Is Making Us Smart … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, philosophy of mind, technology, Andy Clark, David Chalmers, Discover Magazine, Embodiment

Monday Profile: Andy Clark — 1 comment

bryannelson wrote 10 months ago: Andy Clark Andy Clark is currently a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh in Scotl … more →

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Monday Profile, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, technology, Andy Clark, anti-representationalism

VIDEO: George Lakoff on Framing and Embodied Conceptual Metaphor

bryannelson wrote 11 months ago: Although it’s a segment within a discussion about political framing, in this video clip George … more →

Tags: Anthropology, conceptual metaphor, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Perception, Philosophy, Psychology, Video, affection is warmth

Monday Profile: Francisco Varela

bryannelson wrote 12 months ago: Francisco Varela Francisco Varela (1946-2001) was a Chilean biologist, neuroscientist and philosophe … more →

Tags: Biological Sciences, Cognitive Science, Eastern thought, Medicine, Meditation/Yoga, Monday Profile, Neuroscience, Phenomenology, Philosophy

Book Club I — 1 comment

hilbertthm90 wrote 1 year ago: Everyday I will blog a Book Club post since I am reading the book Where Mathematics Comes From: How … more →

Tags: of math, Nuñez, lakoff, phil cog sci, phil sci, innate number sense

Sea squirts and embodied minds

Phil Wilson wrote 2 years ago: A sea squirt can regenerate its entire body from a fragment of blood vessel. Wouldn’t it be in … more →

Tags: big picture, Science, Memory, sea squirt


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