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On Feb. 27, 09, Prof. Krugman in his NYT column stated that “ this budget looks very, very good”, that worries me!rnrn
The Cato Institute today asks whether the increasingly private industry-loving El Salvador is the new Central American Tiger. Is it possible that capitalism works great in some places but not […]
Comic villains are always hatching nefarious schemes. These usually involve forcing a superhero to choose between saving an entire planet or the woman he loves. Why are ecologists finding themselves […]
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Daniel Dennett Discusses the Problem of Robotic Warfare.
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If you look inside each neuron in the human brain, you will find motor proteins that are a bit of mindless nano-engineering.
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Our brains are cunningly evolved, cunningly designed to make life easier for us.
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Daniel Dennett Reveals the Mechanics of Studying Consciousness.
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Daniel Dennett with the argument against humanoid robots.
Big Think will be live blogging from Harvard Law School today, and it's a seminar you wont want to miss. Entitled "Internet: Ideas at the Frontier," the seminar hosted by […]