Philosophy
This spooky and probably some parts are being used now in a clandestine manner. The sad thing is that mankind is just cultivating the role of warfare. An integral part of mankind?
UCSD Television:
[From stringer Tim.]
- Daniel Schorr Is My Hero
I've always admired Daniel Schorr (a man who not only made Nixon's enemy list, but who was nearly assisinated by the Soviets for his reporting), but his editorial on "All Things Considered" yesterday was even better than usual. He talks about...
- Politics In Pop Culture
Kyler Robinson Politics in Pop Culture The first time I saw Star Wars Episode III I was immediately impressed by the opening scene and incredible cinematography throughout the movie. Underneath those special effects and sub par acting, there is great...
- Cristoph Koch - What Makes Us Conscious?
Though neither scientists nor philosophers have a fully working theory of consciousness, the study of the brain has opened a small window into this phenomenon that is simultaneously the most familiar and the most baffling of all. Though most contemporary...
- "no" To Neuroscience
"The Problem with the Neuroscience Backlash" by Gary Marcus June 19th, 2013 The New Yorker Aristotle thought that the function of the brain was to cool the blood. That seems ludicrous now; through neuroscience, we know more about the brain and how it...
- Casual Nuclear Weapons Development
"Laid-Back in the Lab, Maybe, but They Spurred the Weapons Race" by John Markoff July 4th, 2011 The New York Times In 1952 the physicist Ernest O. Lawrence assembled a group of young scientists to design weapons that were radically different from those...
Philosophy
Future wars
This spooky and probably some parts are being used now in a clandestine manner. The sad thing is that mankind is just cultivating the role of warfare. An integral part of mankind?UCSD Television:
"Drugs to improve soldiers' abilities? To confuse enemies? Devices controlled by or controlling people's minds? Will neuroscience provide the weapons of the future? Jonathan Moreno, nationally distinguished bioethicist, discusses the connections between national security and brain research and argues that ther is a need to contemplate the ethical, political and social implications of these advances."
"Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense"
[From stringer Tim.]
- Daniel Schorr Is My Hero
I've always admired Daniel Schorr (a man who not only made Nixon's enemy list, but who was nearly assisinated by the Soviets for his reporting), but his editorial on "All Things Considered" yesterday was even better than usual. He talks about...
- Politics In Pop Culture
Kyler Robinson Politics in Pop Culture The first time I saw Star Wars Episode III I was immediately impressed by the opening scene and incredible cinematography throughout the movie. Underneath those special effects and sub par acting, there is great...
- Cristoph Koch - What Makes Us Conscious?
Though neither scientists nor philosophers have a fully working theory of consciousness, the study of the brain has opened a small window into this phenomenon that is simultaneously the most familiar and the most baffling of all. Though most contemporary...
- "no" To Neuroscience
"The Problem with the Neuroscience Backlash" by Gary Marcus June 19th, 2013 The New Yorker Aristotle thought that the function of the brain was to cool the blood. That seems ludicrous now; through neuroscience, we know more about the brain and how it...
- Casual Nuclear Weapons Development
"Laid-Back in the Lab, Maybe, but They Spurred the Weapons Race" by John Markoff July 4th, 2011 The New York Times In 1952 the physicist Ernest O. Lawrence assembled a group of young scientists to design weapons that were radically different from those...