Wednesday, 6 April 2016
Monday, 4 April 2016
You are Cyborg
For Donna Haraway, we are already assimilated.
The monster opens the curtains of Victor Frankenstein's bed. Schwarzenegger tears back the skin of his forearm to display a gleaming skeleton of chrome and steel. Tetsuo's skin bubbles as wire and cable burst to the surface. These science fiction fevered dreams stem from our deepest concerns about science, technology, and society. With advances in medicine, robotics, and AI, they're moving inexorably closer to reality. When technology works on the body, our horror always mingles with intense fascination.
Full article from Wired below:
http://www.wired.com/1997/02/ffharaway/
Monday, 8 February 2016
MetaLab videos: the brain's introspective ability, metacognition, etc
MetaLab: videos about the brain's introspective ability and metacognition: see link below
http://metacoglab.org/media/
http://metacoglab.org/media/
Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Wednesday, 29 January 2014
Now, no Black Holes: Stephen Hawking
http://www.newstatesman.com/future-proof/2014/01/stephen-hawking-now-thinks-there-are-no-black-holes
No Black holes in space. Only galactic washing machines with the surrounding areas representing the British weather. Quantum mechanics and relativity will not be reconciled.
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