If information flow in the brain is “largely unconstrained” by anatomical wiring, it’s easy to understand why we sense that we have “minds” apart from our brains.
Tag: information theory
Chemist James Tour interviews William Dembski May 3, 5:00 pm EST
On information theory, his specialty.
Why Thomas Huxley was wrong about monkeys, typing forever, producing Shakespeare
Russ White: It is not enough, as Turing proposed, to trick a person into thinking a computer is a person. Somewhere there must be a person who intends this result. If the artificial intelligence cannot provide that intent, then the person who designs the system must.
Thoughts on Parameterized vs. Open-Ended Evolution and the Production of Variability
Many of the advocates of neo-Darwinism argue that abilities of evolution is obvious. The idea is that, given variability in a population, selection and/or environmental change will cause a population to move forward in fitness. Basically, the formula is variability + overproduction + selection = evolution. The problem is that the equation hinges on “variability” and its abilities to create the kinds of variations the Darwinists need.