Neuroscientists and cutting edge computer developers are in the first stages of building a “bridge between flesh and chip.” Chillingly, promoters speak of a “brave new world” of thought-controlled machines–in…
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Technology News – Up to 200,000 users of WhatsApp’s web-based service may have been hit in a cyberattack that let hackers compromise personal data using just their phone number.
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Now that computers are replicating and recapitulating the functions of thought, we are faced with the questions: What does it mean to be human? What is the human brain for?
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In ancient times, and not so long ago in many parts of the world, each tradition was completely distinct and whole. Tradition wasn’t something that a people had; it was…
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After a meditation by the stream, I only have enough time to walk a short loop. Beginning on a narrow path that parallels the creek, I circle back via a…
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A friend and I were talking about skype recently, which has grown, without hype and free of charge, into a hugely useful and universal technology, enabling people to talk to…