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Science Not Fiction

Malcolm MacIver

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The Geek Rapture and Other Musings of William Gibson

Science Not Fiction | October 17th, 2011 in Artificial Intelligence, Books, Movies, The Singularity, Transhumanism | 1 Comment »

Why Did Consciousness Evolve, and How Can We Modify It, Pt. III: Memory, Communication, and Perception

Science Not Fiction | August 8th, 2011 in Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience | 10 Comments »

Ten Reasons We Are Seeing An Excess of Lists of Ten Things We Should Know

Science Not Fiction | June 14th, 2011 in Aliens, Apocalypse, Geology | 23 Comments »

Why Did Consciousness Evolve, and How Can We Modify It, Pt. II: The Supremacy of Vision

Science Not Fiction | May 23rd, 2011 in Biology, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience | 13 Comments »

Why Did Consciousness Evolve, and How Can We Modify It?

Science Not Fiction | March 14th, 2011 in Biology, Cyborgs, Meta, Mind & Brain, Neuroscience, Top Posts, Transhumanism | 42 Comments »

Transhumanism: A Secular Sandbox for Exploring the Afterlife?

Science Not Fiction | February 28th, 2011 in Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Computers, Mind & Brain, Robots, The Singularity, Theatre, Transhumanism | 18 Comments »

I’ll Take “Corporate Stiffs on Cheesy Sets” for $200

Science Not Fiction | February 17th, 2011 in Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, TV | 11 Comments »

Robots That Evolve Like Animals Are Tough and Smart—Like Animals

Science Not Fiction | February 14th, 2011 in Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Computers, Cyborgs, Genetics, Neuroscience, Robots | 9 Comments »

Does AI Need Guts to Get to the Singularity?

Science Not Fiction | February 2nd, 2011 in Artificial Intelligence, Biology, Neuroscience, The Singularity | 4 Comments »

A New Robot for the Bestiary: How to Build a Robotic Ghost Fish

Science Not Fiction | January 26th, 2011 in Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Geology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, Top Posts | 2 Comments »

About Science Not Fiction

Sometime in the future, a group of renegade scientists and technologists will take a time machine to now. They're spilling the secrets of tomorrow here at Discover's Science Not Fiction blog.

▪ Malcolm MacIver is a bioengineer at Northwestern University who studies the neural and biomechanical basis of animal intelligence. He consults for sci-fi films (Tron Legacy, Joss Whedon's The Avengers), and was the science advisor for Caprica. He covers AI and robotics for Science Not Fiction.
▪ Kyle Munkittrick (Web, Twitter) is program director at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He covers transhumanism.
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