On Being Human Are we human because of unique traits and attributes not shared with either animal or machine? The definition of "human" is circular: we are human by virtue of the properties that make us human (i.e....... Similar Editorial : Human Frequencies by reggie. | Source : Self Determination Articles
Metaphors Of The Mind The brain (and, by implication, the mind) have been compared to the latest technological innovation in every generation. The computer metaphor is now in vogue. Computer hardware metaphors were replaced by software metaphors and, lately, by (neuronal) network metaphors.Metaphors are not confined to the philosophy of neurology. Architects and mathematicians, for instance, have lately come up with...... Similar Editorial : 10 Mind by Terry Nicholls. | Source : Bipolar Ii
Parapsychology And The Paranormal I. IntroductionThe words "supernatural", "paranormal", and "parapsychology" are prime examples of oxymorons. Nature, by its extended definition, is all-inclusive and all-pervasive. Nothing is outside its orbit and everything that is logically and physically possible is within its purview. If something exists and occurs then, ipso facto, it is normal (or abnormal, but never para or "beyond" the...... Source : Science Teachers
Turing Machines And Universes In 1936 an American (Alonzo Church) and a Briton (Alan M. Turing) published independently (as is often the coincidence in science) the basics of a new branch in Mathematics (and logic): computability or recursive functions (later to be developed into Automata Theory).The authors confined themselves to dealing with computations which involved "effective" or "mechanical" methods for finding results ...... Similar Editorial : Fax Machines by Alden Jerry. | Source : Technology Integration
The Fourth Law Of Robotics The movie "I, Robot" is a muddled affair. It relies on shoddy pseudo-science and a general sense of unease that artificial (non-carbon based) intelligent life forms seem to provoke in us. But it goes no deeper than a comic book treatment of the important themes that it broaches. I, Robot is just another - and relatively inferior - entry is a long line of far better movies, such as "Blade Runner"...... Similar Editorial : Fourth Generation C by Dwyane Thomas. | Source : Technology Survey
The Chinese Room Revisited Whole forests have been wasted in the effort to refute the Chinese Room Thought Experiment proposed by Searle in 1980 and refined (really derived from axioms) in 1990. The experiment envisages a room in which an English speaker sits, equipped with a book of instructions in English. Through one window messages in Chinese are passed on to him (in the original experiment, two types of messages). He...... Similar Editorial : Chinese Shar Pei by Melissa Coleman. | Source : Retrieval On The World Wide Web Using
Garmin And Magellan GPS Review Garmin Review:Indisputably, Garmin is the world's biggest manufacturer of consumer gps and the name has almost become synonymous with the product. The company has a long and envious history of producing quality and versatile GPS. Garmin has produced many kinds of GPS - some for automobiles, hikers, etc. Within each category there are different models to suit every activity.For example the Garmin...... Similar Editorial : Garmin Forerunner Product Review by Ty Thomas. | Source : Gps Mapping Software
