Can someone comment on how evolution was affected when intelligence emerged on our planet?? Or more precisely, how are humans affecting the evolution of life on the planet?...... Can someone comment on how evolution was affected when intelligence emerge...
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What is the Philosophy of Biology?
I seriously think that there is some kind of philosophy behind biological life. It is not created or infused by someone, it arises from the biological system itself. Take an example of identity of a single cellular organism bacteria. What is the point of...
Identitiy of a biological cell
Why does a cell exist?
See, cell after its division ceases to exist for itself. The two daughter cells are not the cell itself. So what benefit does the division of cells exist.
This is more on a philosophical note than the biological one....
Types of philosophies..
I was glancing on a set of two books titled Types of Philosophies (Part I an II), when this struck to me.
How can be there more than one philosophy in the world?????
See, there is only one truth in the world. If someone has some kinda philo...
Is mathematics independent of science?
Which is more fundamental to the world: Mathematics or Science? Are the mutually exclusive? Is there somethings such as particles and forces in maths and differentiation and squareroot in physics?
I think that maths are science are ultimate a type...
Why is Artificial Intelligence DEAD?
Before starting writing about Why AI is dead, I'd like to invite a few comments on "Is AI really dead?". Today, in my view, I don't see any breakthrough research going on. I no more sumble across programs which can create poetry, can chat effectively...
Can you imagine your non-existence?
I was reading GEB last night, wherein the author asked: "Can you imagine your non-existance?". I think the question is very deep in a philosophical sense. How can you see yourself non-existing? For that you have to exist. That's a paradox.
But ...
Biology is the reason
Samir Kumar in one of his comments asked:
"Why does man want to go to the next level? Why does he want to succeed? Why the greed? Couldn't he survive successfully before inventing machines? Couldn't he provide himself all needed pleasures witho...
Crtitical Consciousness
Since consiousness cannot be verified to be present in a machine therefore machine can ever be conscious but definitely it can aim to achieve something near about this consciousness. Let us call that state “Critical Consciousness�. Thus th...
The relative theory of consciousness
The consciousness is not absolute but it is relative. The consciousness is how we perceive the world and respond to it. You are conscious because you feel your presence in the world through the environment’s reaction. Do you think a fish is consci...