Many people take it for granted that humanity could one day create conscious, thinking machines. This kind of Artificial Intelligence has been explored in media since the dawn of science fiction (think I, Robot or Terminator). Let’s be …
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Alternative Perspectives on the Possibility of AI
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The Logical Structure of Religion
In this article I will not argue for or against religion or argue about specific features of different religions. Instead, my aim is to show how the key features of all religions can be derived …
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TSC 000003 – Continuity of Motion, and of Objects through Motion
Here as elsewhere what concerns us is the possibility of the continuity of objects as they move through space. Spatial change can be understood without continuous objects as a succession of states of matter and …
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Card Advantage in Daily Life
The overall aim of this series of articles is to explore connections between Magic and everyday life. I’m sure we’ve all heard our friends (or ourselves) make jokes like saying ‘sadness on the stack? resolves’ …
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Dialogue on Fear, pt2
Then Paul started it back up. “How about this, Bill? What if we just say that bravery and cowardice mean just what they do in our everyday talk? I think we’ve said enough here today …
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Dialogue on Fear
“You don’t want to fight me,” said Bill with a sneer, “because you’re scared. You know I’ll pummel you.” “Bill,” said Paul, “the only reason you want to fight me is because you yourself are …
