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About consciousness

Posted on December 3, 2023December 3, 2023 by Arto

There are as many theories about consciousness as there are definitions and the philosophical and scientific community is still far from consensus. This post represents my current understanding.

Posted In Brain, Speculations

Emergent properties misunderstood

Posted on November 10, 2023November 27, 2023 by Arto

Most systems have the properties they have because they were designed that way, either by humans or by nature, not because they “emerged”.

Posted In AI, Brain, Speculations, Systems engineering

Quality and free energy

Posted on November 6, 2023November 8, 2023 by Arto

On Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, ISO 9000, quality, and the free energy principle.

Posted In Speculations

To boldly go where no man has gone before

Posted on September 26, 2012August 12, 2023 by Arto

Eagleworks Labs giving a vision of the future. Set the throttle at warp 10 – next stop Alpha Centauri!

Posted In Speculations, Technology

How can we save the elves?

Posted on September 23, 2012July 24, 2023 by Arto

Having read Sam Harris book Free Will I feel like returning just a little bit to that very topic. I wrote a few posts about it back in 2008, posts that go along the same lines as Mr. Harris. Seems like I wasn’t alone holding those particular views but as Continue Reading

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The blind watchmaker and the blind hen

Posted on August 15, 2008July 24, 2023 by Arto

The parameters of the universe we inhabit are incredibly well tuned to allow life to develop. All the constants governing the four known forces of the universe, the masses of the elementary particles etc. have exactly the required values to enable complex molecules and thus life to develop. With even Continue Reading

Posted In Science, Speculations

What’s the fuss anyway?

Posted on July 29, 2008July 24, 2023 by Arto

Many people, including many scientists, go to great length to save the concept of free will. Why is that? One of the arguments is that without free will we can not be morally accountable for our actions. But is it really a sign of free will to “choose” to do Continue Reading

Posted In Brain, Speculations

Repent! The singularity is near (or maybe not)

Posted on July 1, 2008July 24, 2023 by Arto

Reading the June 2008 issue of IEEE Spectrum [1] left me impressed with the courage of the editors. The whole issue was about the “singularity”, meaning the point in time when computers become powerful enough to be able to define their own future. At that point development starts accelerating as Continue Reading

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Wikipedia on free will

Posted on June 26, 2008July 24, 2023 by Arto

I can’t resist this urge of mine (will?) to post yet another post on free will. I read the Wikipedia article on free will [1] (I know, I should have done a literature study covering the last 2500 or so years before hitting “Publish” but then I’d never get anything Continue Reading

Posted In Brain, Speculations

More on free will

Posted on May 30, 2008November 19, 2023 by Arto

Removing randomness from quantum mechanics.

Posted In Brain, Speculations

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Most epistemologists have found it overwhelmingly plausible that what is false cannot be known.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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