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Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-futurist-business-cards dept.

jamie writes "There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because he seems to have the tech media convinced..."

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  1. Re:A biologist doesn't understand programming by commodore64_love · · Score: 0, Troll

    >>>that's what software is - virtual reconfiguration of the computer, on the fly

    Really? So I can upgrade my C64 from 160x200 to 1280x1020 resolution, if I just type in the right software? Wow. ..... Okay obviously I disagree with you, and I weill stick to my original comment: A computer is limited by its hardware. It's fixed; the circuit does not change. A brain is not..... it can learn new things and change it connections.

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  2. PZ Myers can't speak English by hessian · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's design is not encoded in the genome: what's in the genome is a collection of molecular tools wrapped up in bits of conditional logic, the regulatory part of the genome, that makes cells responsive to interactions with a complex environment.

    Its design not "it's design."

    If you're telling me you're an authority on this topic, you should be able to speak English well enough not to make these basic errors.

    Further, you're making a semantic argument: "encoded in the genome" versus "a result of the emergent reactions caused by what's encoded in the genome" is a trivial distinction.

    This isn't the first time P.Z. Myers has convinced me he's incompetent. His political columns are even more chock-full of grammatical and logical errors, including blatant logical fallacies.

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  3. Re:Confounding your Criteria: by PopeRatzo · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't know who told you chi was "spiritual energy" but I'm pretty sure one of the certified professional practitioners did not.

    Again, I cite the journal from BMJ Group, a publisher that only publishes serious, evidence-based scientific journals, called "Acupuncture in Medicine". You will not see claims of "spiritual energy" therein.

    Although you'll see chiropractors offering acupuncture, you'll never see the opposite. Don't judge one by the other.

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