Thursday, April 25, 2024
If you’re reading this, you’re conscious. And if you just read that, you’re conscious that you’re conscious. But what does it mean to be conscious? The Oxford Dictionary says it’s to be “aware of and responding to one’s surroundings,” but how? How do the masses of neurons in the gray […]
Chess has long been one of the most effective ways to evaluate a computer program’s ability to “think.” With sixty-four squares on the board, sixteen pieces per player, and a variety of rules for how each piece is allowed to move during the match, chess is a game in which […]
Dear TPSers, Community is the basis of civilization. Without the help of others, we would not have been able to connect the world through our words, nor could the great minds of times past and present have changed the world for the better. A community has the potential to build […]
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of clay Magazine or TPS. What is a vaccine? For the past four years, the CDC defined vaccine as “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease, […]
Disclaimer: Some readers may find the content herein distressing. Please read with caution. For twenty-three years, Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali led a bloody dictatorship marred with killings, torture, and severe corruption. In 2011, he was ousted from power and fled to Saudi Arabia, where he died in […]