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Your brain does not process information and it is not a computer | Aeon Essays

By Rob Vens January 15, 2018News, Science2 Comments

Your brain does not process information, retrieve knowledge or store memories. In short: your brain is not a computer.

Why it does not work

By Rob Vens January 9, 2018PhilosophyNo Comments

The human mind is undergoing a world-wide transformation. After ages of sequential thinking (a process that started in Classical Greek times) we are moving towards a mode of mind that some call "inclusive": a more holistic and non-sequential thinking.

Debunking myth of the survival of the fittest

By Rob Vens February 20, 2016Science2 Comments

As in nature, as in society, as in business: it is a tough world out there. Only the strongest, fittest, best survive. You need to have talents, in terms of…

The Bonobo Architect

By Rob Vens December 19, 2015Sociology1 Comment

What we can learn from the amazing bonobo great ape, how to create social cohesion and deal with conflict.

De Bonobo architect

By Rob Vens December 19, 2015Sociology1 Comment

Wat kunnen wij leren van de bonobo aap over effectief samenwerken en omgaan met conflicten?

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WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK? | Edge.org

By Rob Vens March 18, 2015Information technology, News, SociologyNo Comments

THE EDGE QUESTION—2015WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MACHINES THAT THINK?But wait! Should we also ask what machines that think, or, "AIs", might be thinking about? Do they want, do they…

Suggested Literature

By Rob Vens August 12, 2009ScienceNo Comments

The Art of Study Edmond Bordeaux Szekely Also called the Recommended Basic List of Great Masterpieces of Universal Literature (from Edmond Bordeaux Szekely). This list is from his booklet The Art…

Gemiddeld is niet normaal

By Rob Vens April 19, 2009Science3 Comments

Een groeiende ergernis bij het aanhoren van nieuws- en weerberichten is de gewoonte om de volgende soort uitspraken te doen: "De temperatuur morgen is 17 graden, ca. 7 graden meer…

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Metaphors can blind our understanding

By Rob Vens March 3, 2009PhilosophyNo Comments

In my country, The Netherlands, a discussion between creationism and evolutionism has been rekindled. In this blog I want to share with you a few observations. I think this event is of…

At 200, Darwin Evolves Beyond Evolution

By Rob Vens February 9, 2009Science2 Comments

Two hundred years after Darwin's birth, the theory of evolution is still evolving — and finding relevance in realms far outside the biological.Evolution is being scaled up to the level…