Author Archives: James Cross

Is Starship A White El[on]ephant?

A white elephant is a possession that its owner cannot dispose of without extreme difficulty, and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness. – Wikipedia SpaceX is scheduled for another try at launching its … Continue reading

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Cloudbusting

I still dream of Orgonon – Kate Bush This is a quiz. Don’t click any links until you know the answer. Don’t peek below. Much of this text comes from Wikipedia. To whom are the following statements referring: 1- He … Continue reading

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Computationalism: Dualism or Panpsychism?

In philosophy of mind, the computational theory of mind (CTM), also known as computationalism, is a family of views that hold that the human mind is an information processing system and that cognition and consciousness together are a form of … Continue reading

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