Comments on: I Compute, Therefore I Am

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:22:33 +0000

Take a look at The Philsopher at the End of the Universe by Mark Rowlands. Very good introduction to Philosophy explained through science fiction movies.

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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:06:06 +0000

[...] But Harris is also concerned that science fiction writers discount their value as writers of philosophical fiction. That is, fiction that helps us imagine purposeful “black swans” useful in explaining why our [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:57:57 +0000

Some of sci-fi’s most interesting examinations of such issues emerge in the moments when creators decide that they are not going to tackle seemingly philosophical questions.

Asimov, as the best example, decided that the ‘beware your creation’ story was hackneyed and offered no new ideas and vowed never to write one. The challenge for him then became writing robot stories in an entirely different vein, which he did with great virtuosity.

By: Mohamed Qasem

Mohamed Qasem — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:23:42 +0000

I’m trying my best. Science is missing from the Arab world. Unfortunately, the number of science podcasts can be counted on one hand (with 2 fingers chopped off). It’s ridiculous! I feel like I’m dropping a pebble in the ocean. I’m creating small insignificant ripples. My podcast’s effect is that of particles in the quantum world.

Thanks for the encouragement

By: Dennis Homo Sapiens Nilsson

Dennis Homo Sapiens Nilsson — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:03:13 +0000

@Mohamed Qasem
I’s great that you inform about science and science fiction in arabic. Possible your work could inspire some youngsters and great minds in the arabic world to work with science, and for mankinds bests.

By: Mohamed Qasem

Mohamed Qasem — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:58 +0000

Interesting! I think I will read it. I’ve talked in my podcast about the relationship between science and science fiction (Arabic podcast). It’s interesting to see how science fiction relates to philosophy.

I especially like the idea of the human computational thinking.