It’s that time of the year again. Football, turkey, and shopping. We at Blog Wyrm hope that each of you will find time to be really thankful. Thankful for friends and family; thankful for the modern standard of living; and thankful for the freedom afforded us by living in the finest country in the world.
Now onto the columns.
To make an AI that behaves like a human one must first understand the human. Specifically, one must understand the structure of the human mind. And here, old fashioned philosophy leaps to our rescue. Out from days gone by, Aristotle To Digital shows the three acts of the mind and how they play out in producing what is characteristically human thought.
Hardly a year goes by without Common Cents looking at the origins of Thanksgiving in the need for human beings to be free. Unfortunately, there are many people who look at the origins of our most unique national holiday look only at the ‘dark side’ of colonization without perspective or sense. This month’s Common Cents takes one such individual to task.
One of the most interesting concepts in fluid dynamics is the idea of vorticity. This month’s Under The Hood takes up this concept and examines some of the subtleties using a plain bucket full of water..