Cryionics is unlikely to work, but it may be less unreasonable to subscribe than many people make it out to be.

Computation might be the most important addition to philosophy in the last century, and it is probably best understood not through the Turing Machine, but through the Lambda Calculus. Here is an introduction for non-mathematicians.

Computation might be the most important addition to philosophy in the last century, and it is probably best understood not through the Turing Machine, but through the Lambda Calculus. Here is an introduction for non-mathematicians.

How to concoct a secret German chemical that caused incurable addiction in the author when he was a child.

If we ever build intelligent systems that are somewhat comparable to human performance, it is almost impossible for them to remain at a near-human levels.

How is it possible that we can be conscious of a universe that at the same time computes us? How can we observe the progression of a universe that we are part of?