Tag: Muscle memory

Modern creative artwork, design. Contemporary art collage of young man playing drums isolated over colorful background. Concept of music lifestyle, jazz, rock, rock n roll, creativity, imagination

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
July 24, 2023

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Arts & Culture

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Beat, Beatnik, Blues, Drummer, Drumming, Electric guitar, Mind-Body connection, Muscle memory, music, Phil Collins, Riff, Rock and roll, The Beatles}

Inside the Mind of a Rock ‘n’ Roll Drummer

_{Delving into the thrilling, demanding world of professional drumming and the mind-body communication it requires} _{Richard W. Stevens

July 24, 2023

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After talking all about artificial intelligence (AI), ChatGPT, and the legal rights of robots, let’s Take Five. Time to follow Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone path and travel to another dimension, of sight, of sound, and of mind. Cue up the vinyl or the mp3s, it’s time to explore rock ‘n’ roll music from the inside. What practically defines rock ‘n’ roll? Chuck Berry said it was the “back beat” – the prominent rhythm on beats 2 and 4. It’s the beat you can’t lose, as The Beatles agreed. Huey Lewis and the News nailed it: “The heart of rock and roll is the beat.” Where does the beat come from, the rhythm that defines rock n roll? Not often the Read More ›

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Author
Richard W. Stevens
Date
February 15, 2021

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Mathematics, Science

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Birds, Dinosaurs, Dinsosaurs to birds, Evolution (roller skates analogy), Featured, Hardware vs. software, Muscle memory, Neo-Darwinism, Software vs. hardware}

Random Evolution Doesn’t Produce Algorithmic Functions in Animals

_{A bird does not fly just because it has wings; it needs a “flight” program in its brain. Explanations of the evolution of flight do not account for that.} _{Richard W. Stevens

February 15, 2021

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Mathematics, Science}

In a recent article “Evolution and artificial intelligence face the same basic problem,” Eric Holloway addressed the conundrum faced by artificial intelligence theorists: How can “a random process with no insight into the environment… increase information about that environment within evolving DNA sequences and/or artificial intelligence programs. By what mechanism can randomness ‘know’ anything?” Dr. Holloway’s challenge goes to the heart of the problem with the materialist worldview regarding origins, evolution, and ultimately intelligence. Software vs. hardware in your body Imagine you knew absolutely nothing about roller skates. Then you awoke this morning to find your ankles and feet permanently installed into roller skates. Instantly, everything you understood about walking and running is worthless. Getting onto your feet at all Read More ›