Comments on: Being Human: A New Site About Our Species (With An Essay From Me On Brains in Vats) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/10/13/being-human-a-new-site-about-our-species-with-an-essay-from-me-on-brains-in-vats/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: timbebinder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/10/13/being-human-a-new-site-about-our-species-with-an-essay-from-me-on-brains-in-vats/#comment-19112 timbebinder Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:07:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6366#comment-19112 "Brain in a vat" might just have what it takes to be the next Justin Timberlake hit song. “Brain in a vat” might just have what it takes to be the next Justin Timberlake hit song.

]]> By: Jon Johanning http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/10/13/being-human-a-new-site-about-our-species-with-an-essay-from-me-on-brains-in-vats/#comment-19111 Jon Johanning Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:46:43 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6366#comment-19111 Some version of the brain-in-the-vat idea is not that new. Descartes, for instance, argued that an "evil demon" might be giving him all the sensations that he interpreted as his sitting in his room writing. Some version of the brain-in-the-vat idea is not that new. Descartes, for instance, argued that an “evil demon” might be giving him all the sensations that he interpreted as his sitting in his room writing.

]]> By: David B. Benson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/10/13/being-human-a-new-site-about-our-species-with-an-essay-from-me-on-brains-in-vats/#comment-19110 David B. Benson Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:01:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=6366#comment-19110 Computers become less serial and more parallel rather rapidly now. Data storage technology similarly becomes less obvious and simple. Brains still win for complexity but for appropriate tasks, computers are faster. Computers become less serial and more parallel rather rapidly now. Data storage technology similarly becomes less obvious and simple.

Brains still win for complexity but for appropriate tasks, computers are faster.

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