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Some thoughts on John Duncan’s “How intelligence happens” 18 May 2011 | 02:39 am
Recently I read John Duncan’s "How intelligence happens". It was an interesting book, written from one of the world leading experts in the field. I a few words, John Duncan believes that the root of i...
What makes intelligence? 6 May 2011 | 08:49 am
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot into the topic of intelligence. There are 3 things that interest me in this topic 1) How can human intelligence exist? 2) What makes a person more intelligent than anot...
Does academia suck? A philosophical enquiry. 16 Oct 2010 | 10:34 pm
Hi there, Long time, no post as it seems . So, I thought about writing something today. What I want to talk about is academia and the many dysfunctions it faces. By academia I am referring to the high...
What do neural networks have to do with real neurons? 27 Jul 2010 | 09:11 am
Hi there guys and girls, for once again, I am publishing a new post after a long period of inactivity. Of course, the time I didn’t dedicate to writing posts was invested into some academic research w...
The Greek Crisis: Economics, IMF, rationality and the new George Soros’ Institute of New Economic Thinking 24 Apr 2010 | 06:27 am
Hi there people, This time, I am going to talk about a subject that’s the main focus of half the conversations that take place in the country where I live in: Greece. For those of you who don’t read t...
Can all things be random? 7 Mar 2010 | 11:53 pm
The last summer I was reading this book: The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics The book was dealing mainly with the complexity of economic systems. It act...
Everything is fuzzy ;-) 4 Jan 2010 | 01:11 am
Lately I have started dabbling with fuzzy logic and fuzzy set theory. You’ll probably start wondering what these are. I won’t try to give you a definition, but rather I’ll give you a few examples to h...
Why are psychologists afraid of math? 4 Nov 2009 | 04:26 am
Hello there guys (and girls)! It’s been a month and two days since I wrote my last post. I am really short on time, but as you can see I always write when I have the time and an interesting subject on...
An informational theory of complexity 2 Sep 2009 | 12:59 am
Hi there folks! This time I am writing, because I just had an idea that I need to discuss. I was just reading the book Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems. I just read the first 4 pages, wh...
Woah! Back from complexity people :P 18 Jul 2009 | 06:00 am
Hello there guys! It’s been about 3 months that I haven’t posted anything! You’ve probably thought I am dead Let me tell you guys (and gals). Encefalus ain’t dead! It’s just been that I’ve been so bus...
