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I have come to the conclusion that Darwinism is not a testable scientific theory, but a metaphysical research programme – a possible framework for testable scientific theories (p.167) I do not think that Darwinism can explain the origin of life. I think it quite possible that life is so extremely improbably that nothing can “explain”…
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Princeton University Press: Delete looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us as never before, yet it has unforeseen consequences as well. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google…
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It is well known that we have a scientific censorship that defends the scientific establishment on our times. But what it happens when we have a public retention of knowledge according to its relevance or irrelevance? Who sets the agenda of what is knowledge? After almost 30 years after The Postmodern Condition (J. Fr. Lyotard),…
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Rafael Behr, The Observer, Sunday 30 January 2011 (…) The test is one of many cited by Sherry Turkle in Alone Together as evidence that humanity is nearing a “robotic moment”. We already filter companionship through machines; the next stage, she says, is to accept machines as companions. Soon, robots will be employed in “caring” roles, entertaining…
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Incapacitatea adaptării și mecanismul negării Creștinul de azi are în fața sa un orizont cultural care se configurează cu o altă epistemologie (ce are drept criterii cuantificarea, verificabilitatea la comandă), alte valori morale (dezinhibarea veselă și gratuită de azi poate fi citită ca o revanșă istorică a amoralismului, dar ea e mai degrabă o răsturnare…
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