2blowhards.com: Q&A With Gregory Cochran, Part 2

http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/2007/09/qa_with_gregory_1.html

reading a book by a theoretical physicist, THE TROUBLE WITH PHYSICS. I was struck by something he said, that aggression is a much bigger deal in physics than in pure math, where t
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Viruses of the Mind

https://www.dankalia.com/science/mnd146.htm

process. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 144, 473--516. Grafen, A. (1990b) Biological signals as handicaps. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 144, 517--46. Hofstadter, D. R. (1985)

Electricity and the Spirit in Nature

http://ipwebdev.com/hermit/electricityandthespiritinnature.html

such dreams, such as “theoretical assumption”, but for all the kindness in the naming, the fact remains that there is nothing there that is real - it is perhaps a best guess, and

Evolutionary Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2008 Edition)

https://plato.sydney.edu.au/archives/fall2008/entries/epistemology-evolutionary/

attempt to provide the theoretical tools necessary for a naturalistic epistemology. 2.1 Static Optimization Models In the simplest sort of model, an organism has to deal with an e

The Antispeciesist Revolution

https://www.hedweb.com/transhumanism/antispeciesist.html

higher mathematics and theoretical physics. Less well known are hyper-empathisers who display unusually sophisticated social intelligence. Perhaps the most advanced naturally occu
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Is the Brain a Digital Computer?

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where there is little theoretical agreement among the practitioners on such absolutely fundamental questions as, What exactly is a digital computer? What exactly is

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