Author Archives: David Snoke

Book Review: An engineering approach to fiction?

Posted on August 31, 2015 by David Snoke Leave a comment

Diary of a Robot, by Lewis Jenkins, (available at Lulu)  clearly bears the stamp that its author has a long history doing engineering in high-tech firms. The book revolves around the question: what is a “good” robot? If I am an engineer and … Continue reading →

AI, Ethics, Mind and Brain, Reviews

Book Review: Evolution 2.0 by Perry Marshall

Posted on July 27, 2015 by David Snoke 2 Comments

Evolution 2.0, by Perry Marshall. Available on Amazon.com Perry Marshall is a well known, successful expert on internet marketing, and his career has included developing new algorithms and paradigms in business and market analysis.  For several years, he has been involved … Continue reading →

Darwinism, Genetics, Intelligent Design, Reviews

Book Review: Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas Nagel

Posted on February 22, 2014 by David Snoke 2 Comments

Review of Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas Nagel (Oxford University Press, 2012) Thomas Nagel is the bad boy of modern philosophy, because he has gone on record, as a full professor at a major university, saying that the proponents of … Continue reading →

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