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| | The long read: For decades it has been the dominant metaphor in neuroscience. But could this idea have been leading us astray all along?
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| | These days, I often need to remind myself that, as an undergrad, grad student, postdoc, or professor, I've now been doing quantum computing research for a quarter-century---i.e., well over half of the subject's existence. As a direct result, when I feel completely jaded about a new development in QC, it might actually be exciting. When...
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| | A question that has puzzled me is the one of the evolutionary reasons for consciousness. I'm speaking loosely here. Evolution doesn't really have reasons. Changes happen in organisms because the changes in the long run bestow some advantage (or at least no disadvantage) to the survival of the organism. Let's rephrase the question: what evolutionary...
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| This is a paper originally submitted to Swinburne University as part of a postgraduate project. An Anthropic Universe? Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, "This is an...