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MachinesLikeUs
http://www.machineslikeus.com
MachinesLikeUs.com is a resource for those interested in evolutionary thought, cognitive science, artificial life and artificial intelligence. It encourages relevant scientific research and analysis, posts current news and disseminates articles that promote the following concepts: 1) Evolution is the guiding principle behind life on earth; 2) Religions and their gods are human constructs, and subject to human foibles; 3) Life and intelligence are emergent properties based upon fundamental mechanics, and, as such, are reproducible; 4) Living organisms are magnificent machines â robust, dynamic, self-sufficient, precisely tuned to their environment â and deserving our respect and study. You are invited to participate in the venerable quest to build Machines Like Us.
- Added on: Aug 3rd, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Science
Recent Posts
Climate change plunged Europe into ice age within months
In the film, ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all. read more...
Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound
It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. Now, a new study helps to ex...
Now you see it, now you know you see it
There is a tiny period of time between the registration of a visual stimulus by the unconscious mind and our conscious recognition of it ― between the time we see an apple and the time we recognize it as an apple. Our minds lag behind our eyes, but...
New discoveries about the experience of anger
Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new U of T research that examines one of the most common negative emotions in society. read more...
The age of the Earth-1: The history of the search
It has been awhile since I have made the regular readers of this blog suffer through a long multipart series exploring a particular question. But my post on the interconnectedness of scientific theories spurred me to thinking about finding a good exa...
Large Hadron Collider becomes world\'s most powerful particle accelerator
In the early hours of this morning the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern accelerated beams of particles to higher energies than any achieved before. read more...
An excellent site for the latest science news -- especially news related to artificial intelligence and robotics. The site puts forth a strong atheist point of view, as it believes that science and religion are incompatible -- a point on which I agree. This is an important difference between it and other science sites, few if any of which make such a essential stand.
Machines Like Us also publishes comprehensive interviews with leading scientists and researchers, which are second to none.
If you want to know who we are and where we are headed, MLU is a website well worth your time.
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