This is a quick, semi-serious follow-up to my first Twitter poll. In a rare moment of impulsivity, I’ve recently posted a deliberately awkward question on twitter. A few respondents did notice that something was amiss, an indeed, an explanation is…
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Machine Learning, the usual Bat and deflationary epistemology
Tagged with: Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, Machine Learning, Phenomenal Experience, Twitter
Posted in Consciousness, Philosophy, Stupidity
Posted in Consciousness, Philosophy, Stupidity
Evolutionary Theory of Consciousness: first reply to comments.
Two of my readers have kindly provided some very interesting comments and questions on my Evolutionary Theory of Consciousness paper (ETC). Because their comments and questions are very relevant and thought-provoking, I am publishing my reply as a separate post.…
Evolutionary Theory of Consciousness: why, how and what
After pre publishing the Evolutionary Theory of Consciousness (ETC) paper, it’s time to provide a little context, along with a tl;dr version (below). The full paper is long and dense, and may be a tad obscure if one isn’t familiar…
Consciousness at last.
This is what kept me awake for many nights, and occupied a lot of my time for far too many years. Following my unhealthy intellectual ambition, I’ve written a paper, intended for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and tried submitting…
Sources of error: the illusory illusions of reductionism
While my discussions elsewhere are settling down, it’s time to finally tackle one basic issue that underlies all reductionist endeavours, I need to write this down also to justify much of my claims on matters of brains and minds. In…
Tagged with: bias, consciousness, epistemology, Free will, philosophy of mind
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Stupidity
Posted in Neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Stupidity
Partisan review: the Shadow of Consciousness
Peter Hankins recently published a book: The Shadow of Consciousness (A Little Less Wrong). In case you don’t know, Hankins has been blogging about consciousness for more than ten years: his Conscious Entities blog covers both scientific and philosophical approaches…
Tagged with: consciousness, Peer Review, Peter Hankins, philosophy of mind, Post Publication Peer Review
Posted in Neuroscience, Philosophy, Review, Science
Posted in Neuroscience, Philosophy, Review, Science
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