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| | So, Part II of my two-part series for American Scientist magazine about how to recognize random numbers is now out. This part---whose original title was the one above, but was changed to "Quantum Randomness" to fit the allotted space---is all about quantum mechanics and the Bell inequality, and their use in generating "Einstein-certified random numbers."
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| | Noam Chomsky published an essay on his web site a few years ago: Science, Mind, and Limits of Understanding. Chomsky's thesis is that there are areas of reality that science is simply incapable of understanding. He uses as his principle example, the case of Isaac Newton's understanding of gravity. Chomsky acknowledges that this is a...
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| | There is a paradox at the heart of modern neuroscience. As we succeed in explaining more and more cognitive operations in terms of patter...
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| A recent New York Times piece arrived with a headline that asked "If AI systems become conscious, should they have rights?" If you were to judge the article by the response on social media like X and Bluesky (which is almost always a mistake, as many of you are no doubt already aware), you would...