Is Materialism Falsifiable? Yes, Easily.
Neurologist Steven Novella is sure that materialism is not falsifiable by scienceContrary to Steven Novella's claims, cosmological singularities refute materialism. Kurt Gödel can explain
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Philosopher Flattens Evolutionary Psychology
There is no such thing as a fossil mind
Why Richard Dawkins Thinks AI May Replace Us
He likes the idea because it is consistent with his naturalist philosophy
The New Cyber Cold War with China
Cybersecurity strategist Peter Singer told Wired that there has never been a better time than the COVID-19 pandemic to be a government hacker
What, Exactly, Do Economists Do?
Economist make the world a better place
Lovelace: The Programmer Who Spooked Alan Turing
Ada Lovelace understood her mentor Charles Babbage’s plans for his new Analytical Engine and was better than he at explaining what it could do
Flubbed Headlines: New Challenge For AI Common Sense
I propose a new challenge: Teach computers to correctly understand the headline “Students Cook and Serve Grandparents”
Five Surprising Changes To Watch for from COVID-19
Expect to hear much more about robots that can stand in for humans, as a way of enabling social distance
Will Twilight Zone 2020 Soar or Sink?
Season 1 featured too much message, only some good stories, and ratings seem to have suffered
Elon Musk’s Myths About the Mind
According to Musk, everything in the brain is an electrical signal. That’s pretty naive
Einstein’s Only Rejected Paper
It was the only one reviewed anonymously, as is the practice today
Thinking Outside the Box Is Not a Disease
Enforced orthodoxy, often described euphemistically as “scientific consensus,” is an impediment to science
Vitamin D and COVID-19: Is It Data or Noise?
Because random clusters occur naturally in large numbers, only randomized, controlled trials can tell us
Physicist Rejects Free Will — and Thus Fails Logic
If we accepted his argument for materialism, we would have to stop believing in it—a curious, self-refuting result
No, Scientific American, Don’t Starve AI!
Don't unplug AI; just make sure everyone shares in both the creation and the benefits
Data Mining: A Plague, Not a Cure
It is tempting to believe that patterns are unusual and their discovery meaningful; in large data sets, patterns are inevitable and generally meaningless
Gödel and God: A Surprising History
A thought-provoking account of master logician Gödel’s largely unknown proof of the existence of God
Should AI Hold Patents? The Flash-of-Genius Answer
To understand why AI cannot independently invent, let’s look at how famous inventors have actually done it
Will Ideas or Algorithms Rule Science Tomorrow?
David Krakauer of the Santa Fe Institute offers an unsettling vision of future science as produced by machines that no one really understands
Philosopher: Consciousness is Not a Problem. Dualism Is!
Physicalist David Papineau says consciousness is just “brain processes that feel like something”
At Scientific American: Starve artificial intelligence!
Silicon Valley authors seek to limit AI's power. Jonathan Bartlett doesn't think it really has the power they are worried about
