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Brains and Ethics
Revived pig brains, memory backups and ethical questions have been in the news. It sounds like a B movie scenario, but the research is quite real. So are the questions. I’ll be talking about research, technology, and why I’m glad … Continue reading
Ammonites, Dinosaurs, and Us
Today’s world is remarkable for a lack of dinosaurs. Big ones, anyway. Those critters would have been among the first things someone would notice here for upwards of 200,000,000 years. Then, about 66,000,000 years back, something awful happened. The only … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroids and comets, brain, evolution, folklore and myth, getting a grip, justice, science, social justice
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SETI: What If?
Contacting extraterrestrial intelligence, meeting people whose ancestors developed on another world, has been a staple of pulp fiction for generations. Lately, it’s become a matter for serious discussion. I’ll be looking at an op-ed’s take on how learning that we’re … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, brain, evolution, exobiology, extraterrestrial intelligence, getting a grip, psychology, science, SETI
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Brain Implants and Rewired Monkeys
Someone from the Netherlands gained a small measure of freedom after learning to use a prototype computer-brain interface. I see that, and experiments with rhesus monkeys, as a good thing. Communication, Compassion, and a Computer-Brain Interface Looking Past the Prototype … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, brain, dualism, medicine, science, stewardship, universal destination of goods
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