A continued stimulus, such as a state of tension, a light or a sound, produces a continued passage of sensory impulses to the central nervous system.
The Network is the Message
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Category: Philosophy/Ethics
Carlo Ierna writes about …
In this blog you will find also some fictional dialogues made between different virtual characters. We thought of doing this to stimulate the reader to identify with the questions or curiosity of the different characters. In fact, each character has their own personality and will interact with others in a different way. If you want to view all the virutal characters and you want more information about please visit the virtual characters page.
The Brain is as the Brain does
In the development of information technology there now seems to exist a new phase whereby the aim is to replicate many of these “neural” functions artificially
Counting on the Brain
Despite the evolution of the nervous system, it is not accompanied by a manual explaining the principles of operation …
A Brainful of Consciousness
Consciousness.
This is the castle keep, the central redoubt, the core essence of true mentality, many will argue, and it has so far escaped any plausible reconstruction in neurocomputational terms.
The Mental Node
My view is that this gland is the principal seat of the soul, and the place in which all our thoughts are formed. The reason I believe this is that I cannot find any part of the brain, except this, which is not double …
A Healthy Brain is a Joy Forever
Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joys, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. [… ] And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and terrors assail us […] All these things we endure from the brain, when it is not healthy
Robots in Disguise
When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck…
Robot See, Robot Do
I do think that robots deserve rights and there are research projects being carried out today that are looking at robot laws. African-American slaves were given rights when slavery was abolished and they became part of society. Think of animals too – none of them had rights in the beginning but now animal rights are the norm. So if robots can interact with humans, they too should be given rights.
Coppélia 2.0
He clasped the beautiful Olympia, and with her flew through the dance…
He thought that his dancing was usually correct as to time, but the peculiarly steady rhythm with which Olympia moved, and which often put him completely out, soon showed him that his time was most defective
Handy Robots
If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? …
In Our Image
Developers did not want its appearance to be over-human, as this would “encourage false expectations with regard to its capabilities” for users…
Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto
Imagine a craftsman being awakened suddenly in the dead of night. He searches downstairs for something among a crowd of mannequins in his workshop. If the mannequins started to move, it would be like a horror story…
Mind over Matter
Who you are is nothing but a pack of neurons…
your joys and your sorrows, your memories and ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behaviour of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules…