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Two realms of self-enhancement In three parts: Introduction The concrete realm The...
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The singularity- an optimistic take So, are we or are we not Transhumanists? That is a very...
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...I created thee as a being neither celestial nor earthly... so that thou shouldst be thy...
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Time is an unsettled issue in PHYSICS. Existence of pretty much everything visible in cosmos is far...
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Professor: "Don't do anything that affects anything. Unless it turns out you were supposed to do it, in which case for the love of God. Don't not do it!" Fry: "Got it." During time travel it is possibly best not to disturb anything. But is the prime directive a great loss to human experience? I couldn't think of...
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I have always been interested in human individuality and self-expression... The persons...
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Two realms of self-enhancement In three(ish) parts: Introduction The concrete realm The...
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Watch this amazing short document on CBS 60min about the first brain machine interfaces. Little...
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Two realms of self-enhancement In three(ish) parts: Introduction The concrete realm The...
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"Ticking away inside almost all cells are tiny clocks composed of protein gears. Scientists have known that these molecular clocks govern the daily rhythms of life, from mealtimes and bedtimes to the rise and fall of hormone levels, body temperature and blood pressure. New research shows that circadian clocks, as the daily timekeepers are...
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I was one of those reading "Gódel, Escher, Bach" in my late teens. Didn't really...
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Original article at Brain training games won't make you smarter – but a dose of blue light or an electrical shock just might BREATHE in, breathe out. Breathe in, breathe out. I crack open an eye. Everyone else has theirs closed. I shut it again. Breathe in, breathe out. Around me people are sitting crossed-legged, meditating. For some it's...
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Stanford scientists see the logic in the illogical behavior of neurons Neurons in your brain trigger the physical movements of your body, but some of them seem to fire in a crazy quilt pattern just before and during the movement. But Stanford researchers say there is method in the apparent madness. BY LOUIS BERGERON You've decided to kick...
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THE ARGUMENTATIVE THEORY A Conversation with Hugo Mercier Introduction Last July, opening the Edge Seminar, "The New Science of Morality", Jonathan Haidt digressed to talk about two recently-published papers in Behavioral and Brain Sciences which he believed were "so important that the abstracts from them should be posted in...
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Religious Experiences Shrink Part of the Brain A study links life-changing religious experiences, like being born again, with atrophy in the hippocampus.
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