Are We Living in a Simulation?
August 24, 2025
With rapid advances in Virtual Reality technology and the like, it’s now possible for us…
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Alan Turing and the Limits of Computation
February 9, 2025
Alan Turing was a 20th-Century English mathematician and cryptologist who is widely considered to be…
What Can Virtual Reality (Actually) Do?
March 17, 2024
VR transports users into all kinds of different realities, some modeled on the real world,…
The Social Lives of Robots
February 18, 2024
Machines might surpass humans in terms of computational intelligence, but when it comes to social…
Conscious Machines
June 5, 2022
Computers have already surpassed us in their ability to perform certain cognitive tasks. Perhaps it…
What Is Religious Belief?
December 5, 2021
Many people profess to believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing, benevolent God. Yet psychological data shows…
Does Reputation Matter?
June 27, 2021
We think about about our own reputation all the time, and we constantly reference the…
The Ethics of Algorithms
April 18, 2021
Recent years have seen the rise of machine learning algorithms surrounding us in our homes…
Does Science Over-reach?
April 4, 2021
We’ve all heard the phrase, “You can’t argue with science.” Appealing to scientific fact as…
Faith and Humility
December 20, 2020
Some would argue that faith requires that one blindly—rather than rationally— believe. Faith in one…
The Internet of Things
February 16, 2020
Smart TVs, refrigerators, cars, and entire houses—the internet of things refers to the networking of…
Turbo-Charging the Mind
June 7, 2015
The rapid advance of computer technology in recent decades has produced a vast array of…
Creativity
October 17, 2010
What makes an idea or work of art creative? Can creativity be measured? Can a…
Digital Selves
October 10, 2010
Second Life and dozens of other online adventures involve creating digital selves, and millions of…
Artificial Intelligence
June 28, 2009
At least some versions of artificial intelligence are attempts not merely to model human intelligence,…
The Science of Humor
November 25, 2007
Being funny isn’t easy. Figuring out what makes things funny is even harder. Still, a…
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