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Sentience by Nicholas Humphre The MIT Press, 2023 Nicholas Humphrey is a thinker, a distinguished scientist, a psychologist and philosopher,…
At the risk of alienating everyone, I’m going to present my thoughts on the book-banning debate. If I had to…
My morning scan of internet news sources—reputable, disreputable, licit, and illicit—unearthed the tantalizing headline, “The true story of the fake…
I only came upon Ian McEwan’s science fiction/alternate history novel about artificial intelligence by happenstance. In a Facebook post, people…
Observer by Robert Lanza and Nancy Kress Story Plant: 2023 Sometimes scientists turn to science fiction to express their ideas…
I’ve read rave reviews of Robert Lanza’s and Nancy Kress’ science fiction novel, Observer. After learning that it is based…
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