Category: Minds
A thought on soul-body-spirit (and on the meaning of “death” in the Judaeo-Christian frame of thought)
While scientific topics tied to AI are a main current focus — I will shortly add another headlined comment on why — there are several philosophical and theological topics that keep on coming up in and around UD. So, pardon a quick note on those wider themes. Here, on the soul and linked ideas from […]
Researchers: Plants can choose how to respond to competitors. Do they think?
| December 30, 2017 | Posted by News under Animal minds, Intelligent Design, Mind, Minds, Naturalism, Plants |
From ScienceDaily: Biologists from the University of Tübingen have demonstrated that plants can choose between alternative competitive responses according to the stature and densities of their opponents. A new study by researchers from the Institute of Evolution and Ecology reveals that plants can evaluate the competitive ability of their neighbors and optimally match their responses […]
Plant studies: Intelligence does not require a brain or nervous system
| December 16, 2017 | Posted by News under Animal minds, Information, Intelligent Design, Mind, Minds, Plants |
From philosopher Laura Ruggles at Aeon: What does it even mean to say that a mallow can learn and remember the location of the sunrise? The idea that plants can behave intelligently, let alone learn or form memories, was a fringe notion until quite recently. Memories are thought to be so fundamentally cognitive that some […]
John Searle Talks to Google
| November 12, 2016 | Posted by johnnyb under Animal minds, Artificial Intelligence, brains and computation vs contemplation, Comp. Sci. / Eng., Mind, Minds, Naturalism, Neuroscience, Video |
John Searle gives a nice talk at Google about real intelligence vs. machine intelligence. The conversation is interesting for a number of reasons, including some historical background of Searle’s famous “Chinese Room Argument.”
Do Computers Think Creatively?
| July 21, 2016 | Posted by johnnyb under Artificial Intelligence, Mind, Minds, Philosophy |
The many advances in computer technology have convinced many people that AI is real and it is coming soon. This article focuses on the concept of creativity, and what that means for the question of whether someone can actually build an “artificial intelligence” with computers. Read More
A single brain area makes humans unique?
| July 24, 2015 | Posted by News under Animal minds, Minds, News |
From ScienceDaily: The idea that integrating abstract information drives many of the human brain’s unique abilities has been around for decades. But a paper published1 in Current Biology, which directly compares activity in human and macaque monkey brains as they listen to simple auditory patterns, provides the first physical evidence that a specific area for […]
Closing in on consciousness?
| July 31, 2014 | Posted by News under Minds, Naturalism, Neuroscience, News |
The field, as presently constituted, exists to keep out serious analysis, not further it. That won’t change any time soon.
