Philosophy & Ethics

If A Program Can't Understand Truth- Ethics Of Artificial Intelligence Babies

universe?" "Why is there anywhere at all?". It is as natural for a human to do this "out of ...

Article - Robert Walker - Jan 31 2019 - 1:35pm

Where Are All The ITaxes

death-stared down. Apple, he said, paid its fair share of taxes. In fact, Apple, like almost all other ...

Article - Greg Critser - Apr 30 2012 - 10:26pm

Are All "Truths" Equal? Comparing Anti-Vaccine Parents To Kesey's "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"

differing opinions, because all of our perceptions and experiences are a part of the mystery that is autism: ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Dec 2 2010 - 6:06pm

Its the attitude that changes a system and system change makes all the difference in human life

change has taken place recently in way of thinking and results are obvious. Despite of all the hurdles ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 11 2010 - 12:20pm

Computation, Church-Turing And All That Jazz

Turing-machine computable. But Copeland clearly states that this is, at best, an open question, not at all ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Aug 15 2013 - 5:30am

Regress Type Arguments Are The Single Biggest Problem In All Of Fundamental Science And Philosophy

This is yet more obvious than “space in space”; after all, our universe could well be a three ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Dec 13 2011 - 5:44am

Animal Rights Activists Hurt Science And Aren't All That Great For Animals Either

There have been increasingly violent attacks against scientists by animal rights activists in the last few years and partisan groups that can recite the name of every abortion provider killed by extreme pro-life people haven't taken much of a stand a ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2009 - 6:53pm

Charity, What Does It Mean?- Sadaqa, Matlab Kya He?