This may sound like the title of a post-modern computer generated monster classic. Godzilla versus Mothra zapped through a Predator versus Alien filter! But seriously, this may be the most important dichotomy of our blighted age. I recently read two fantastic sci-fi novels, Fifty Degrees Below by Kim Stanley Robinson and Accelerando by Charles Stross, [...]
This fascinating article, published by the Economist, discusses possible implications for notions of free will of recent research in neuroscience. Certain human behaviours appear to be pre-determined by particular brain pathologies. These behaviours are often sexually deviant, violent or anti-social in other ways. There are obvious implications for law enforcement, justice and social order, particularly [...]