Tag: Philosophy
Who we care about is limited – but our research shows how humans can expand their ‘moral circle’
When it feels like so many people are in need of compassion, how do we decide where to direct it?
Was going to space a good idea?
Sixty years ago, philosopher Hannah Arendt argued an interplanetary perspective may be bad news for humanity as we know it.
Could you move from your biological body to a computer? An expert explains ‘mind uploading’
The feasibility of mind uploading rests on three core assumptions. How plausible is each one, really?
A Stanford professor says science shows free will doesn’t exist. Here’s why he’s mistaken
Sapolsky summarises the latest scientific research relevant to determinism: the idea that we’re causally ‘determined’ to act as we do and couldn’t possibly act any other way.
How can you define a 'drug'? Nobody really knows
Everybody thinks they know what drugs are, but a clear definition is surprisingly elusive.
Nobody knows how consciousness works – but top researchers are fighting over which theories are really science
Big names in consciousness research have signed an open letter attacking ‘integrated information theory’ as pseudoscience, sparking uproar.
Why ChatGPT isn’t conscious – but future AI systems might be
The science of human consciousness offers new ways of gauging machine minds – and suggests there’s no obvious reason computers can’t develop awareness.
