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luca vanz
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
The New Yorker - Elizabeth Kolbert
In 1975, researchers at Stanford invited a group of undergraduates to take part in a study about suicide. They were presented with pairs of suicide notes. In each pair, one note had been composed by a
Feb 19, 2017
luca vanz
Morality
How to tell a bad person from a person who did a bad thing – Robert J Hartman | Aeon Essays
aeon.co - Robert J Hartman
There is a contradiction in our ordinary ideas about moral responsibility. Let’s explore it by considering two examples. Killer, our first character, …
Jul 24, 2017
luca vanz
Beyond the Five Senses
The Atlantic - Matthew Hutson
The world we experience is not the real world. It’s a mental construction, filtered through our physical senses. Which raises the question: How would our world change if we had new and different senses?
Jun 20, 2017
luca vanz
Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
waitbutwhy.com - Tim Urban
Note: If you want to print this post or read it offline, the PDF is probably the way to go. You can buy it here. And here’s a G-rated version of the …
Apr 20, 2017
luca vanz
We are increasingly relying on machines that derive conclusions from models that they themselves have created, models that are often beyond human comprehension, models that “think” about the world dif …
Our Machines Now Have Knowledge We’ll Never Understand
Backchannel - David Weinberger
Apr 18, 2017