{"product_id":"vintage-skeptic-magazine-volume-21-number-2-2016-cover-uploading-your-brain-by-michael-shermer-editor","title":"Vintage Skeptic Magazine (volume 21 number 2 2016 - Cover: Uploading Your Brain) by Michael Shermer (Editor)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExtraordinary Claims, Revolutionary Ideas \u0026amp; The Promotion Of Science!\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__text\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"o-block__description s-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume 21, Number 2 (2016) of Skeptic magazine is a highly sought-after issue featuring the cover story \"Uploading Your Brain\". It critically explores the science, technical plausibility, and deep philosophical implications of mind uploading and virtual immortality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue tackles the question: Is uploading your mind to a computer a realistic scientific pursuit, or just science fiction? Key articles and essays from this edition include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirtual Immortality \u003c\/strong\u003eby Robert Lawrence Kuhn: An essay analyzing if uploading human consciousness is scientifically possible and what the profound consequences would be if a human mind was successfully duplicated or placed into non-biological entities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUploading Your Mind Does Not Compute:\u003c\/strong\u003e A critical look at how the idea of the \"AI singularity\" is trending but fundamentally misinterprets the deep, material causes of human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMind Uploading:\u003c\/strong\u003e An Argument for the Scientific and Technical Plausibility of Preserving Thoughts Indefinitely by Peter Kassan: An article balancing the debate over whether the preservation of consciousness will ever be feasible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUploading Your Brain\u003cbr\u003eVolume 21 Number 2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIAL ISSUE: Uploading the Mind to a Computer\u003cbr\u003eMind Uploading: An Argument for the Scientific and Technical Plausibility of Preserving Thoughts Indefinitely by Kenneth Hayworth; Uploading Your Mind Does Not Compute by Peter Kassan; Virtual Immortality: Why the Mind-Body Problem is Still a Problem by Robert Lawrence Kuhn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSPECIAL SECTION: What Motivates Extremists?\u003cbr\u003eOnce Upon a Time: Re-Thinking the Fight Against Extremists by Tina Dupuy; Dealing With Islamism: Trust, Costly Signaling and Forming Moral Teams by Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay; Apocalypse Soon?: How Emerging Technologies, Population Growth, and Global Warming Will Fuel Apocalyptic Terrorism in the Future by Phil Torres\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eARTICLES\u003cbr\u003ePaleoanthropology Wars: The Discovery of Homo naledi has Generated Considerable Controversy in this Scientific Discipline by Nathan H. Lents; Charlie Sheen’s HIV Goat Milk Doctor by Harriet Hall, M.D.; Massachusetts: Mass Hysteria Cover Up by Robert E. Bartholomew; Agony and Ecstasy: Were Saint Paul’s Christian Beliefs a Symptom of Epileptic Personality Disorder? by Harry White; In Defense of Anti-Science: Why the Anti-anti-science Movement Has Gone too Far by J. Howard Siegal; The Decline of Intelligent Design: The 10th Anniversary of the Dover Decision and the Demise of Intelligent Design by Donald Prothero\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOLUMNS\u003cbr\u003eThe SkepDoc: Flu Shots Facts and Fallacies by Harriet Hall, M.D.;The Gadfly: How Accurate is the “Cycle of Abuse”? by Carol Tavris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e“Sacred Cows: A Lighthearted Look at Belief and Tradition Around the World” by Seth Andrews reviewed by Donald Prothero\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJUNIOR SKEPTIC: Man-Eating Plants: The Cannibal Tree of Madagascar by Daniel Loxton.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Like new, never read, may have very slight shelf wear from storage, has some wear and tear on the covers and spine, pages are clean and crisp, see photos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ 2016\u003cbr\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\u003cbr\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ 74 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Millennium Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47982062567589,"sku":"SKEPTICMAGAZINE21.2","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/9383\/1077\/files\/0000_9704b4fe-8825-4241-8c33-b9e7a5e1bca8.jpg?v=1783298134","url":"https:\/\/www.thesurgeonsknots.com\/products\/vintage-skeptic-magazine-volume-21-number-2-2016-cover-uploading-your-brain-by-michael-shermer-editor","provider":"the-surgeon's-knots","version":"1.0","type":"link"}