Artificial Intelligence: Only as Unpredictable as We Are
With recent decades seeing technological advancement occur at unprecedented rates, it should come as no surprise that we constantly strive to use new tech to …
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With recent decades seeing technological advancement occur at unprecedented rates, it should come as no surprise that we constantly strive to use new tech to …
Since their introduction in the mid 1970’s, GMOs have faced heavy criticism due to their controversial impact on the health of animals both treated with …
Charles Darwin’s famed theory of evolution is one of the most well-known scientific proposals of all time. His groundbreaking idea that the human race was …
It would be impossible to study the history of technological and scientific growth without addressing moments of great human conflict. Aside from weapons and other developments …
As we discussed in class, C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures provides an intriguing but limited glimpse into the world of academic thought. In his book, Snow …
One need not look far, whether online or in books, to come to the conclusion that male contributions to the sciences have historically been valued …
With a story as unnerving and seemingly far-fetched as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein – in which a creature is brought to life from an assortment of …
“There was no such thing as the Scientific Revolution, and this is a book about it” (Shapin 1). The opening line from Steven Shapin’s The Scientific …
“Can We Define Technology,” a subsection of David Nye’s Technology Matters, explores in part the confusing relationship between scientific discovery and technological advancement, with “technology” being …
The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. ~B.F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement, 1969 The development of science and technology throughout …