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Our modern patterns of thinking and learning are all based on observing a world of 'things', which we think of as separate building blocks. This worldview allows us to count and measure objects without their having any innate value; it provides neat definitions and a sense of control over life. However, this approach also sets humans apart from each other, and from nature.
In reality, in nature, everything is connected in a fluid, dynamic way. 'Separateness'...
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Chris Yapp has blogged for BCS for 6-years on the future of technology and how the economic and social impacts of technical developments may play out. Covering a wide variety of topics including smart cities, the internet of things, big data and privacy, this collection of his articles provides a guide to the opportunities and possible pitfalls of technical progress and how it will change the world we live in today.
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Lo que hoy entendemos por inteligencia artificial está asociado a la planificación, la comprensión del lenguaje, el reconocimiento de objetos y sonidos, la resolución de problemas. Se trata de nuevos algoritmos que conducirían al aprendizaje acumulativo, emulando de esta manera el aprendizaje a través de la experiencia. En la última década hemos sido testigos del rápido progreso de la inteligencia artificial en diversos campos determinantes...
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University professor, and human, Henry Hawkins encounters ET scientist, Zeus who challenges traditional Christiaan interpretations of the virgin birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. Detailed examination is give to the death of Jesus and whether or not he actually died on the cross. It is noted that in the Gospel of Mark, Pilate is recorded as being surprised that Jesus had died so quickly. The body of Jesus is not released until the death is confirmed....
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The modern world is dominated by ideas that are threatening to kill us: that life is one long battle from conception to grave; that all creatures, including human beings, are driven by their selfish DNA; that the universe is just stuff, for us to use at will. These ideas are seen as emerging from science and hard-nosed philosophy, and become self-fulfilling. They have led us to create a world in perpetual strife, that is unjust and in many ways precarious....
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In today's digital age, the realm of bullies has expanded far beyond the confines of the traditional playground. They now reside in our pockets, hidden behind screens, poised to strike through our devices. 'The Bully in Your Pocket,' authored by Lorenzo Gomez III, offers an indispensable and comprehensive manual for comprehending, managing, and ultimately triumphing over the pervasive menace of online bullying.
Within these pages, Lorenzo Gomez...
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Technology Professionals create important business solutions in every organization. They add value and have a huge effect on the bottom line. Intech Personal skills really teaches you how to improve your soft skills and create strong business relationships that impact company goals. Intech Personal Skills give you real life examples of how you can go above and beyond when you work in the technology department. This book talks about the importance...
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Este libro parte de las noticias falsas: desde su nacimiento en la era predigital hasta su «explosión» online. ¿De dónde vienen? ¿Quién las genera y por qué? ¿Cómo se difunden tan rápidamente? ¿Con qué herramientas?
La primera parte del libro está dedicada a ciertas «ramas» específicas y particularmente preocupantes de las noticias falsas: aquellas de uso político o étnico, aquellas sobre temas de salud pública, que degeneran hasta...
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A noted mathematician and teacher traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, illustrating philosophy's ongoing role in the scientific process, explaining technology's erosion of the rapport between the two fields, and offering suggestions for restoring their relationship. Suitable for undergraduate students and other readers. 36 figures. 1962 edition.
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If science is neither cookery, nor angelic virtuosity, then what is it? Modern societies have tended to take science for granted as a way of knowing, ordering, and controlling the world, where everything was subject to science, but science itself has largely escaped scrutiny. In this fascinating collection of interviews, CBC Radio's Ideas producer David Cayley talks to some of the world's most provocative thinkers about how the ideas of science have...
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Esta obra discierne sobre la experiencia enmarcándola desde la sociología cultural y sus artes, sus modos de hacer y de representarse. Destaca el ejercicio paralelo entre la experiencia investigada y la de investigar. Reflexionando desde conceptos clave como experiencia, red de significados y performance, se tocan temas como la observación participante y sus consecuencias, la manera en la que una entrevista afecta los resultados de una investigación,...
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David Miller elegantly and provocatively reformulates critical rationalism-the revolutionary approach to epistemology advocated by Karl Popper-by answering its most important critics. He argues for an approach to rationality freed from the debilitating authoritarian dependence on reasons and justification. "Miller presents a particularly useful and stimulating account of critical rationalism. His work is both interesting and controversial... of interest...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: For years now, digital technologies have been exploiting our online data to control our decisions and thoughts, but enough harm has been done. To regain power, we must first protect our privacy.
Carissa Véliz's “Privacy Is Power” (2020) is a wake-up call about the dangers of the digital age in which we live. Véliz highlights security breaches and privacy violations...
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Why do the heavenly bodies behave in a contrary fashion to what we are familiar with on earth?
Before a wheel can turn, we must ensure rim is joined to axle; before a couple can dance in circle, their hands must be joined. In contrast, the planets circle the sun and the moons circle the planets without any securing mechanism, and so precisely that their movements can be predicted to a millisecond. Again, why is it that, released from the effects of...
95) 100 Cassettes
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100 Cassettes started life as one hundred hand drawn cassette covers for an installation at the dA Center for the Arts in Pomona. This book features one hundred chapters on artists and the inner life of music.
Find early entries of abstraction on Alice Cooper, Earl Sweatshirt, Talk Talk, and Prince as well as non fiction meditations on Tony Conrad, Black Sabbath, The Fall, and The Sun City Girls.
Featuring a foreword by Jonathan Lethem and an afterword...
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In addition to his brilliant achievements in theoretical mathematics, Alfred North Whitehead exercised an extensive knowledge of philosophy and literature that informs and elevates all of his works. This book represents one of his most significant achievements in the field of natural philosophy. The Concept of Nature originated with Whitehead's Tarner Lectures, and it offers undergraduate students and other readers an absorbing exploration of the...
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What is genetic modification? What does it truly mean for us and the world around us? What are the risks and benefits? And, what's more, how does it even work? The facts about GM are few and far between, but opinions from both sides of the debate are vocal and overpowering. Is that Fish in your Tomato? is a beacon through the noise, explaining the origins and science behind GM, the environmental uncertainties and the public health concerns which have...
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Atoms combine to form molecules, molecules combine to form single-celled organisms. When people come together, they build societies. Our world is nested, both physically and socially, and at each level we find innovations that were necessary for the next level. Physics has gone far in mapping the basic mechanics of the simplest things and dynamics of the overall nesting, as have biology and the social sciences for their fields. But what if anything...
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Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound or overwhelming. But how much is truth and how much is hype?
Future Hype surveys the past few hundred years to show that many of the technologies we now take for granted transformed society in far more dramatic ways...
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Two earnest scholars who study human consciousness spend six days in a conversation spanning their areas of knowledge in science, philosophy, and metaphysics to question whether our profound ecological crisis, unique in the life of our planet in its potential for loss of biodiversity and the possibility of actual extinction of our species, can be rectified.
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