Tag Archives: Alan Turing

the ghost in the machine

Posted on June 12, 2011 by tai

Immortality through science? Can our ethical and emotional intelligence keep up with technology? Its a highly ambiguous issue. We seem to be on the cusp of a major, and final break from the industrial age; a potential for vastly increased … Continue reading →

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Precious Life: X-fi and the double trouble effect

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Dave

Life is not cheap, but it’s certainly not precious sometimes. The rules of morality are usually deduced from first principles, but there has always been a space between psychology and philosophy especially regarding the meaning of wrong. In the film … Continue reading →