by orchaeus | May 22, 2018 | Shared Link
“Fictions can approach forms of Truth that are entirely unavailable to nonfiction. So, too, imagination can present metaphors and similies that are ‘more like’ the nature of reality and relation than our everyday perspectives… yet are entirely...
by orchaeus | May 18, 2018 | Shared Link
https://aeon.co/essays/your-brain-does-not-process-information-and-it-is-not-a-computer”No matter how hard they try, brain scientists and cognitive psychologists will never find a copy of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the brain – or copies of words,...
by orchaeus | May 14, 2018 | Shared Link
https://nlenov.wordpress.com/2013/12/01/can-we-simulate-a-whole-cell-at-atomistic-level-i-dont-think-so/Some people are inclined to think that computers are ‘incredibly powerful’. This isn’t precisely wrong, per se, but we should bear in mind that...
by orchaeus | May 14, 2018 | Shared Link
A crucial book experience… absolutely brilliant and prophetic… I read this when I was 9… and it changed my mind forever. The documentary is interesting, but it’s the book that I recommend.
by orchaeus | May 14, 2018 | Shared Link
https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100In ‘internet dev time’ ten years might as well be like 50 or 100. “Everyone says the blockchain, the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies such as...
by orchaeus | May 12, 2018 | Shared Link
https://medium.com/@organelle/the-myth-of-reality-b1a95a854478https://medium.com/@organelle/the-myth-of-reality-b1a95a854478
