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Machine logic can be too precise to seem fully human. Chatbots that learn logic from Aristotle instead might behave more like people.
Framing cats as responsible for declines in biodiversity is based on faulty scientific logic and fails to account for the real culprit – human activity.
Post-truth questions the very nature of truth itself – that's why it's so dangerous.
What’s the role of someone who, like
Robert Mueller, speaks only facts in a tornado of partisan bombast? Is it a breath of fresh air or an abdication of responsibility to protect America’s interests?
No cheating, please.
The lovers’ diaries show how David Pinsent supported Ludwig Wittgenstein through his depression.
Most of us lack the expertise to evaluate climate science, but there are ways anyone can spot a badly reasoned argument.
Logic, science and critical thinking are working miracles for non-believers.
Put a lamb on an island of lions and they’ll eat it – or will they?
We should all learn from mistakes. Driverless cars must do the same when it comes to any accidents they’ve been involved in on our roads, no matter who was to blame.
The mathematician Kurt Gödel is said to have found a way that the US constitution would allow for a dictator to take control, or so the story goes. He certainly had the mind for it.
You may have got what it takes to be a mathematical genius without even being aware of it.
Scientists of all kinds turn to computer models to investigate questions they can’t get at any other way. Here’s how models work and why we can trust them.
Are you a rigid librarian or an eccentric poet? How you see yourself may enhance your creative performance.
Deep disagreements within science might seem to undermine its authority, but they only underscore how science really works.
People shouldn’t let these tricky puzzlers reinforce their misguided notion that they stink at math.
Have you heard the one about Cheryl’s birthday? It’s the latest puzzle that’s baffling people across the world.
If machines run by artificial intelligence take over the world it’s only because we programmed them to do so. So how can fuzzy logic help us prevent that?
Some interesting recent research using neuroimaging gives us evidence that different brain systems activate in different reasoning situations. But before we get to that, try the following puzzles: Puzzle…
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Reader of Cognitive Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University
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Laureate Professor of Mathematics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Philosophy, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Sussex School of Education and Social Work, University of Sussex
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Lecturer, Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Mathematics, Deakin University
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Professor of Mathematics, University of Florida
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Aaron Duncan is a Friend of The Conversation.
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