Sid A.; November 9th, 2020 Note: This post is a reprint of a blog post for a philosophy class on the effects of virtual reality advertising on our knowledge of the world. The original post, from October 6th, 2020, can be found at this address: https://sapr89449075.wordpress.com/ “[Critical] for new effective personalized advertising experiences is the …
Hasan Ahmad; September 16th, 2020 This week in the Present column: a special write up on the emerging field of “neuroethics”. Neuralink’s new brain machine interface, a project funded and organized by Elon Musk has stirred up a great deal of controversy, and is representative of the issues surrounding the area of “neuroethics”. Neuralink has …
Sid A.; August 30th, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has placed immense strain on the world’s healthcare systems. In particular, a major fear is that there is not enough ventilators for all the potential patients who might need them. These ventilators help critically ill patients breathe when they can’t do so on their own anymore. Due …
