Tag: Views
Richard Dawkins’s Publisher Has a Cute Idea, but Biomorphs Appeal More as Nostalgia than Science
The biomorphs are “digital animals…grounded in 1970s assumptions,” long outdated.
Vincent Torley Thinks I Have Egg on My Face
I didn’t expect to be honored by a 7500-word broadside by philosopher Dr. Vincent Torley, assisted by Dr. Josh Swamidass of Washington University.
With Stunning Admission of Error, Scientific Name-Calling Suffers a Setback
The discourse of name-calling is a scourge of public life today, and it’s only getting worse.
Better Babies Through Evolution? Richard Weikart on the Siren Song of Transhumanism
The fact that all this is so far technological fantasy may be its lone saving grace.
Watson’s Goof — What We Should Really Fear from AI
It was a telling response, revealing the idiot inside the savant.