A question for materialists: How can infinite states of my intellect be generated by finite states of my brain?
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Egnor describes faith as a deep relationship that may not always yield happiness about life circumstances but fosters lasting joy, independent of circumstances.
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Mathematics is not material, yet artificial intelligence proponents believe that the mathematics of their neural networks is the seat of consciousness.
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The solution to Micro Softy 26 lies in recognizing that there are different ways of measuring distance.
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The answer to last week’s puzzle lies in remembering what happens when you put a rod on a diagonal inside a square box.
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About last week’s Micro Softy: You CAN have a tie in 3D Tic Tac Toe. We illustrate it. And we show what the 4D game is like.
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To solve the Barnum’s Circus ticket receipts puzzle, recall that X, Y and Z must all be whole numbers. Algebra then enables us to work out the solution.
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Gödel’s theorem started by upending mathematics nearly a century ago by showing that it is impossible to create a mathematical Theory of Everything.
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The solution to Micro Softy 22, given here, depends on the assumptions we make about Timmy’s surgeon.
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A revolution in biology? Too soon to tell but the fact that they are permitted to make their case signals greater openness to considering the evidence.
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We will be dealing with problems around non-conscious AI that some people suppose is conscious long before we deal with conscious AI — if we ever do.
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About the “Bermuda Triangle” puzzle: Look closely. Are they both really triangles?
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The solution to the Twins Paradox lies in considering the possibility that Curt and Rod were not alone in the womb.
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There’s a rough solution to the “leaky bucket” problem but an exact solution requires some use of fluid dynamics. And the Moon, surprisingly, changes nothing.
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While Gödel’s technique was unheard of in his day, we are very familiar with it today. It is the same technique that computers use to store information.
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These puzzles, associated with the great mathematician Leonard Euler (1707‒1783), have a practical use, for example, in laying water pipes.
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The comparison doesn’t really work but it underlines the *doctrine* that human intelligence is just another type of animal intelligence.
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This classic puzzle in simple graph theory resulted in a commonly used phrase. Can you guess it?
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To solve this Micro Softy, you need to pinpoint the flaw in the logic that hinges on the Law of Conservation of Money.
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Micro Softy 7 is an illustration of Simpson’s Paradox, which says that averaging averages doesn’t always work.
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