Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists Joshua Holden writes: Due to a haircut, I am writing to regretfully resign my membership in the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists as I have made the difficult decision to resign my Luxuriant Flowing Hair. Joshua Brandon Holden Assoc. Professor, RHIT Math Department For the record: The LFHCfS […]
Kill the sweet robot?
The scene from the movie “2001 ? A Space Odyssey“, in which the astronaut Dave Bowman switches the HAL9000 computer off is a landmark in popular culture…. This study analyses if a robot?s intelligence and its agreeableness influences its perceived animacy. The robot?s animacy was measured, amongst other measurements, by the users? hesitation to switch […]
“He made no pretense of skill”
We chose Martin to participate because he was the closest we could find to Absolute Zero in terms of pitching ability. He made no pretense of skill. He held the baseball as if it were radioactive. “You don’t get these things in Europe,” he said. “I wouldn’t know where to get one.” Martin even insisted […]
Knees: Passive value
Tad McGeer proved that you don’t need knees to walk downhill. But he also proved that downhill walking is nicer with knees. He further proved that you don’t need a brain if all you want to do is walk down a slope. Nor do you need much else. Just a pair of legs – call […]