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Bottleneck versus Singularity

By paul bambury

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, [...]

Free will and human behaviour

By paul bambury

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 [...]