Tag: technology
Paper Digest: A Robot Is Built Using Cockroach Biomimicry
The understanding of what it takes to build complex systems sheds light on the causal hurdles that would be necessary for evolutionary processes to overcome.
Paper Digest: Biomimicry Uses the Design of Biological Organisms to Improve Human Technology
Throughout this paper, Stuart Burgess emphasizes the supremacy of natural systems over human-engineered ones.
Are Humans Progressing Toward Evolutionary Perfection?
Men are not about to become like gods. “I’m a strong believer in original sin,” quips David Berlinski.
Four Troublesome Trend Lines for Evolution
Taken as a totality, they make “zero sense in the context” of classic evolutionary theory.
New Book: Mind Is More than the Brain
Says Gregory Chaitin, algorithmic information theory pioneer: “The mind-body problem lives! A stimulating collection of contemporary perspectives.”