From materialism to superidealism and maybe back (IV): mind (the) gapThe knowledge argument is useful in examining consequences of both physicalism and idealism. However, not only it doesn’t really settle the…Feb 19Feb 19
From materialism to superidealism and maybe back (III): what Mary still doesn’t knowChildren’s all-time favorite question also happens to be the most fundamental problem in all philosophy: what is stuff ultimately made of …Feb 6Feb 6
The mind-matter rainbow and the free will problemFrom materialism to superidealism and maybe back, part IISep 3, 2024Sep 3, 2024
From materialism to superidealism and maybe back (I)“Papa, what is the world made of ?” “In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely…Jul 9, 2024Jul 9, 2024
Bugs, humans and the P!=NP problemIt works on my machine. Nothing has changed on our end. We never tested this use case, who does that ?!Jun 11, 2024Jun 11, 2024
Sfârsitul Emoției (I)“Ale dracului mașini”, rãbufni Nicu din șaormeria modestã în care se ascunseserã, “nu le-a ajuns, bă, sa fie inteligente ! S-a prins…Jul 31, 2023Jul 31, 2023
On the Nature of TruthEverything in the Universe is in perpetual change. Old greeks were right: “The Only Constant in Life Is Change” (Heraclitus) may sound like…May 26, 2023May 26, 2023
Education, Intelligence and the Turing TestTL;DR: can ChatGPT or a similar system pass the Turing test now or in a few years ? The answer is very likely yes. Does that mean we…Dec 19, 20221Dec 19, 20221
“Beam me up, Meta !” — uploading brains in the Metaverse.It has always been a recurrent theme in pop culture and SciFi movies - Black Mirror comes to mind. In a recent (and funny) instance, Greg…Apr 12, 2022Apr 12, 2022
The Metaverse isn’t Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World” — 5 common myths.Few things are so hyped, heavily debated and misunderstood these days as “the Metaverse”, especially after Facebook, aka Meta, announced…Feb 5, 2022Feb 5, 2022
