Showing posts with label Brain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brain. Show all posts
Thursday, October 12, 2023

Learning Without Brains

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Can creatures without brains think? Many of them can learn, so are they thinking? This article highlights several brainless life forms capab...
Thursday, July 28, 2022

How Many Brains Does a Creature Need?

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Leeches have 32 brains. Well, sort of. Each of its separate segments contains its own neuronal ganglion. As one answer on Quora puts it, ...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Anticipating Androids

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In Mary Shelley's novel, Victor Frankenstein apparently constructed his creature by stitching together parts of cadavers. (His first-per...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

The Purpose of Pain

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This title doesn't refer to the metaphysical question of why suffering exists. (My favorite book on that topic is THE PROBLEM OF PAIN, b...
Tuesday, June 05, 2018

Theme Element Giving And Receiving Part 2 Science of Science Fiction by Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Theme Element Giving And Receiving Part 2 Science of Science Fiction by Jacqueline Lichtenberg Part 1 is here: http://aliendjinnr...
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Thursday, May 17, 2018

Persistence of Selfhood

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In her alien-invasion-plus-vampire novel THE MADNESS SEASON, C. S. Friedman creates a species called the Marra, incorporeal beings who wear ...
Tuesday, September 05, 2017

Depiction Part 32 - Depicting Brain To Computer Links - Online Bullying Prevention

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Depiction Part 32 Depicting Brain To Computer Links Online Bullying Prevention  Previous parts of this series on how writers can ...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Latest Cyborg Leap Forward

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Medical researchers at Ohio State University have invented a device called NeuroLife, which enables a quadriplegic to move his hand: Brain...