Less Than Nothing: A Masterwork on Philosophy, Cognitive Science & Physics

Source: Big Think

Slavoj Žižek has been called "the most dangerous philosopher in the West" for his analysis of the worldwide ecological crisis, the biogenetic revolution, and apocalyptic economic imbalances. But the whole time he was w ...
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Source: OpPapers.com

A computer is a general purpose device which can be programmed to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than one kind of ...
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Showtime: L’Uomo Meccanico, 1921

Source: Wired

*”The Mechanical Man” is an Italian comedy-horror-sci-fi film made in Torino in 1921. The director was Andre Deed, an acrobat and silent comic, and the female lead was his steady comic sidekick and eventual wi ...
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THE GENOME GADGET

Source: More Intelligent Life | The Economist

The Music of Science: Oliver Morton reckons Alan Turing would love this: a gadget the size of a matchbox which can read a genome sequence... As a gadget to plug into a USB port, the “MinION” recently unveiled by Oxford Nano ...
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new book – ‘Cells to Civilizations: The Principles of Change That Shape Life’ by Enrico Coen

Source: My Mind on Books

Book description from the publisher: Cells to Civilizations is the first unified account of how life transforms itself–from the production of bacteria to the emergence of complex civilizations. What are the connections be ...
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How Filmmakers Al and Al Tackled the Story of Alan Turing for The Creator

Source: Wired

Filmmakers Al and Al decided to tackle the story of Alan Turing when they realized that they were in love with their computers. “We were having a relationship with our machines, they all had names. It was aroun ...
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Copernicus On The Science Of THE AVENGERS (Part 2)!!

Source: Ain't It Cool News

Here’s part 2 of my Science of THE AVENGERS. This one covers the characters. You can read part 1, about the equipment and the plot here. One of my favorite things about the Avengers is that it values science. Marvel has gone to great le ...
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Western Gazette - Sherborne published Codebreaker Alan Turing lies at heart of Museums at Night...

Source: This is Dorset

Sherborne has won a national competition to host a contemporary artist during an annual Museums at Night event. Museums at Night, which takes place this weekend, is an annual celebration of culture when hundreds of museums, galle ...
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Chatbots fail to convince despite Loebner Prize win

Source: New Scientist

Not that impressive is it? Some of the chatbots are proficient at impressing or amusing judges with canned responses or the creator's sense of humour, but they're not even close to most people's ideas of intelligence. The ...
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