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# tech

why we're a step closer to merging humans with machines

Scientists are fusing biology and electronics in new and promising ways.
why we're a step closer to merging humans with machines

# science

constant time memory: another attempt to explain our minds with code

A new study tries to compare our memories with a common data structure.
constant time memory: another attempt to explain our minds with code

# science    

do we finally know what makes us conscious?

One of the biggest questions about the human mind is how it creates consciousness. We may finally have an answer.
do we finally know what makes us conscious?

# tech    

why computers of the future may have to sleep

Turns out artificial intelligence needs a nap every once in a while to stay accurate, and that may tell us something fundamental about our own minds.
why computers of the future may have to sleep

# science    

why studies claiming that smartphone addiction is real don't hold up

Far too many of us tend to accept the idea that smartphones are addictive and actively ruining the brains of heavy users. But studies into the idea find little to prove this notion.
why studies claiming that smartphone addiction is real don't hold up

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synchronized chaos: why your brain isn't anything like a computer

Far from being a high precision for computing your way through life, brains are messy and function more on recognition and guesswork, and understanding that is important for the future of medicine.
synchronized chaos: why your brain isn't anything like a computer

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measuring our brains with the wrong ruler

North Korea's computer-based insult towards South Korea's head of state was supposed to be meaningless but offensive nonsense. Too bad pop sci writers took the bait and tried to explain it anyway.
measuring our brains with the wrong ruler

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defining the limits of whole brain emulation

The quest to create an accurate simulation of the brain continues. But what will be this project's most realistic outcome?
defining the limits of whole brain emulation

# tech    

putting visual recognition software to the test

Machine vision still has a long way to go before it can do something as simple as identify objects at a slight angle.
putting visual recognition software to the test

# evolution    

how evolution shapes brains and microchips

Both brains and microchips try to find the most efficient way to conduct electrical signals. And that has a profound effect on how brains grow and evolve.
how evolution shapes brains and microchips

# science    

yet another spawn of quantum consciousness

Famed physicist Roger Penrose and an Arizona doctor are claiming that our brains are quantum computer in a white paper that will surely be seized by the woo faithful as proof of "quantum consciousness."
yet another spawn of quantum consciousness

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achieving transcendence with brain surgery

A study of brain cancer patients in Italy shows the neural epicenters of spiritual experiences and religious belief.
achieving transcendence with brain surgery

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taking a peek into the minds of evildoers

WeCU Technologies thinks it can read the minds of would-be terrorists , and they want to test their approach at airports. Unfortunately, their approach is unlikely to work.
taking a peek into the minds of evildoers

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transhumanists at h+ vs. a skeptical biologist

A biologist tried to give a neuroscience lesson to the utopian futurists at H+ and they did not take it well.
transhumanists at h+ vs. a skeptical biologist

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the curious case of a skeptical bait and switch

If you ask Raymond Tallis, he will start off some very valid critiques about the use of functional MRI to map the brain, and end up regurgitating creationist talking points.
the curious case of a skeptical bait and switch

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