Posts Tagged ‘the future’
Near-death myth alive and kicking
July 30, 2009
Most of us have a reasonable idea of what the near-death experience (NDE) is. It’s said to happen when you are in the actual process of dying, and you hear strange noises, then feelings of blissful peace and joy sweep over you.
You then float out of your body, seeing it from above, and head towards a tunnel and you enter the tunnel. At the far end of the tunnel is a bright light, but as you get close to the light, you are met by someone, already dead, who tells you that this is not yet your time, and regretfully, you are plunged back to our prosaic planet with other Earthlings.
In a nutshell, the common beliefs are that the NDE happens only to those who are dying, and that it is also proof of an afterlife. But neither belief is correct.
By Karl S. Kruszelnicki (ABC Science)
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Mind over matter as scientists use brainpower to make wishes come true
July 27, 2009
From the Hollywood film Firefox to the television show Heroes, science fiction writers have always dreamt of the day when humans could control machines with the power of thought alone.
Now British scientists are turning the vision into reality with a device that allows objects to be manipulated with brain waves.
The prototype, developed at Essex University, can already be used to play simple computer games. By imagining a movement, the wearer of the hat-shaped device can tell the computer to move an object around a screen or a robot around a room.
The researchers hope their technology will eventually allow people to move wheelchairs and drive cars with their thoughts.
By Richard Gray (Telegraph.co.uk)
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Artificial Intelligence–Getting Computers to Think
July 9, 2009
You’re trying to get a computer to act like a person but you don’t really know what a person is. If you want to imitate something the logical first step is to understand what you’re trying to imitate. The point most scientists miss is there is a spirit soul within the body controlling it.
The body can be compared to the computer as both are machines. Both machines (the body and the computer) require intelligent direction from a spiritual living entity to function properly. I can think, I can reason, I can analyze the data and come to logical conclusions. Even if I program this into the computer, the computer just plays back my instructions. It’s something like recording your voice with a tape recorder then playing it back and claiming the tape recorder is talking.
By Madhudvisa Dasa (Krishna.org)
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David Meyer and Tendzin Choegyal: Can computers have consciousness?
July 9, 2009Many people are questioning today what consciousness really is. How will this concept be defined? Watch this interesting video that highlights some of the issues:
