18 ideas
7508 | Good reductionism connects fields of knowledge, but doesn't replace one with another [Pinker] |
16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
7510 | Connectionists say the mind is a general purpose learning device [Pinker] |
7513 | Is memory stored in protein sequences, neurons, synapses, or synapse-strengths? [Pinker] |
436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
7509 | Roundworms live successfully with 302 neurons, so human freedom comes from our trillions [Pinker] |
7511 | Neural networks can generalise their training, e.g. truths about tigers apply mostly to lions [Pinker] |
7512 | There are five types of reasoning that seem beyond connectionist systems [Pinker, by PG] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
7505 | Many think that accepting human nature is to accept innumerable evils [Pinker] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
7516 | In 1828, the stuff of life was shown to be ordinary chemistry, not a magic gel [Pinker] |
7515 | All the evidence says evolution is cruel and wasteful, not intelligent [Pinker] |
7514 | Intelligent Design says that every unexplained phenomenon must be design, by default [Pinker] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |