Questions tagged [philosophy-of-technology]
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What are some new and interesting ethical issues that identify closely with Information & Communication Technologies?
What are some new, unique and interesting ethical/philosophical/sociological issues that are starting to present themselves as Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) advance?
Are there any intriguing issues related directly to a specific…
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How does technology makes us better humans?
I am wondering if technology makes us better humans. Technology undoubtably has its advantages, but technology also brings with it automation, uniformity and anonymity. Because there are more technical entities than humans, we begin to adapt to the…
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Are some technologies intrinsically dangerous, or is it all neutral?
I was wondering if e.g. Bostrom's simulation argument, or the Fermi Paradox, could be resolved by saying that ancestral simulations, or intergalactic travel, are just too dangerous for a future civilization to do.
I don't think every technology is…
user38026
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Can a singularity originate inside a simulation and effect outside of it?
Having read many articles and books dealing with a possible technological singularity, and also other articles and books about the possibility that we are living inside a simulation, I have been pondering about the possible consequences of both…
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Did Malthus influence Fritz Haber?
Malthus wrote of an impending descent to subsistence lifestyles. Fritz Haber invented the Haber process, which created fertilizer, and heralded a continuous stream of agricultural innovations that prevented Malthus's visions from coming to…
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Is Heidegger's concept of poiēsis different from Aristotle's?
First of all, sorry if this question's pretty naive. I am new to Philosophy and I would like to know whether there is a distinction between Aristotle's concept of poiesis and Martin Heidegger's.
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Enhancements in type- and property-perfecting sports
Roduit et. al. [1] talk about property- and type-perfecting driving forces in sports. Many sports such as most (all?) olympic sports are by most people considered to be type-perfecting i.e. they look for the fastest, strongest, ... human (Citius,…
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Is it possible to over-complicate the rules for a complex system so that it has a detrimental effect on the system?
The specific example I am thinking of is that of Google and the web: It seems as if, in an effort to stamp out content farms, Google has to add complexity to its algorithm. Now, does that added complexity make it tougher for legitimate websites to…
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Is it possible that technological progress actually degraded humanity?
I hear all the time that human only use ~10% of their brain, what if its because we don't need to use more?
There are examples of people who manage to get superhuman strength in moment of danger etc.
So is it possible that all the inventions…
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Are beings in a simulation actually "beings" at all?
Suppose I was able to create a simulation of the universe (I can't, but suppose I could). And in said universe, intelligent and sentient life evolved.
What would happen if I "unplugged" this simulation, or simply altered it and killed all the…
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