26 Sunday Apr 2009
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Exams are over! Subsequently, I finally have time to get to some of the books which have been collecting on my desk over the past few months. Here’s the list I mean to undertake in short order:
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means
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27 Tuesday Jan 2009
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I seriously considered not posting this one. Two things went wrong: I didn’t get my choice of topic in time, meaning I was assigned the negative side of a topic I would usually argue affirmatively on. Secondly, I was super busy this weekend and didn’t leave myself enough time to do a proper job. But I thought in order to maintain the intellectual honesty of this series I should post the less stellar examples along with the ones I am more proud of. It was an interesting exercise the try and argue a position I am opposed to. It’s something everyone should try at least once; I think if you don’t find it difficult you should question how secure your positions really are. So as a last disclaimer, I’m not sure how effective the following arguments are. You decide!
Topic: Human cognitive processes can be investigated by creating computational models. (CON)
Computer models, though important to the study of cognition itself, are of limited use in studying specifically human cognitive processes.
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