Tag: thinking
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Questioning Status Quo – Irrationality as a limitation of AI
Harmonia Philosophica Paper Author: Spyridon Kakos Abstract: Progress – scientific or of any other kind – happens when current norms are questioned and new ways of thinking arise. Things that were considered obvious become obsolete and people start viewing the world in a different way that was never there. This kind of change can only…
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Wandering minds…
Anyone who has tried and failed to meditate knows that our minds are rarely still. But where do they roam? New research has come up with a way to track the flow of our internal thought processes and signal whether our minds are focused, fixated or wandering. (1) Where do our minds roam? (Does it…
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Thinking. Filling in the cosmos…
Learning a language later in life changes how the two halves of the brain contribute. As skills improve, language comprehension changes hemisphere specialization, but production does not, according to new research. (1) Thinking. Changing the way we think. Until we change again. And again. And be able to do nothing but thinking. In every possible…
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Fighter! Ask not why!
A new study shows that norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus and impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex. (1) Brain controlling attention. But if something else helps us stay focused on something, what are we paying attention to? Look at your image on the calm lake. There is no…
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Think stupid! (The foundation of thinking)
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects. (1) Artificial intelligence. Natural intelligence. What difference could they have? You see, the main characteristic of intelligence…
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