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- Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:44 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 262611
- Tue Mar 27, 2007 11:31 am
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 262611
- Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:48 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 262611
Very glad the quote got such an interesting dialogue going! I'll throw in my $.02. For my part, I don't subscribe to any particular (or vague) theory of mind - there's just not enough evidence to prove any given perspective that I've come across, though I'm open to being shown my ignorance on subjec...
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:13 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 262611
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:03 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Why no serious sci fi movies?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 122364
Why no serious sci fi movies?
MSN has a decent article on the ascendancy of space opera and action flicks over more cerebral sci fi. http://movies.msn.com/movies/sci-fi?GT1=7701 Having recently re-watched 2001, Clockwork Orange and (ok - not too serious, but compared to the modern fare) Star Trek the Motion Picture, I've been pi...
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:48 am
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
- Replies: 38
- Views: 262611
Artificial Intelligence / Synthetic Consciousness
We got into this a little in another thread, and while I don't have a ton to say today I thought it deserved a thread for future conversation as well. What inspired me to put this up was a quote I bumped into from Dijkstra: "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting th...
- Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:44 am
- Forum: The Art of Science, Fantasy and Science Fiction
- Topic: Tea house Google theme
- Replies: 10
- Views: 129256
Re: Tea house Google theme
I made a composite file that captures all thirteen frames of the tea house theme. If anyone is interested, I can e-mail it. At the same time, it makes me think that it would be better if people could see the sun and stars for themselves, rather than see them change only on a screen inside a room. I...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:54 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Mervyn Peake and Mannerpunk
- Replies: 5
- Views: 54670
If anyone intends to read Peake, give yourself a clear reading calendar for a couple months. He cannot be read quickly and be appreciated in my opinion. Absinthe in small (or medium) doses is appropriate, and will help with pacing if you normally read rapidly. I highly recommend staring through a di...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:37 pm
- Forum: Literature and Cinema
- Topic: Alexander, son of Philip
- Replies: 19
- Views: 143694
- Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Biocentrism and the Anthropic Principle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 153681
- Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:30 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Biocentrism and the Anthropic Principle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 153681
I'll preface my reply by saying that I consider myself a rational materialist but also a non-dualist (hence my fondness for grand unified theories and integration across scales). Thanks for the reply! I'm sure these are discussions you've had before (both you and caliban) and I really do appreciate...
- Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Biocentrism and the Anthropic Principle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 153681
OK - meant to keep this short, but I'm a windbag so apologies in advance... While I partially agree with caliban and WW's statements above, I don't think science and philosophy are separable any more than science and human biology are. I do think there are degrees of separation and they are related ...
- Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:53 pm
- Forum: Musings and Chats
- Topic: Tell the Spartans...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 162851
- Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Biocentrism and the Anthropic Principle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 153681
- Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:48 pm
- Forum: The Poetry and Prose of Science and Science Fiction
- Topic: Biocentrism and the Anthropic Principle
- Replies: 21
- Views: 153681