I’ve told my friends many times that the only time I’ve had a religious/mystical experience was not when attending any religious service or reading any scripture, but when listening to the music of Bob Marley. Nothing embodies the religious feeling… Read More ›
Science
Thoughts on “Reductionism, emergence, and burden of proof”
Originally posted on Scientia Salon:
by Marko Vojinovic Introduction Every now and then, the question of reductionism is raised in philosophy of science: whether or not various sciences can be theoretically reduced to lower-level sciences. The answer to this question…
Some thoughts on “The Turing test doesn’t matter”
Originally posted on Scientia Salon:
by Massimo Pigliucci You probably heard the news: a supercomputer has become sentient and has passed the Turing test (i.e., has managed to fool a human being into thinking he was talking to another human…