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Existence, origin and weird technology = exploring humanity's ultimate questions /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Existence, origin and weird technology/ Pentti O. Haikonen ; illustrated by Pete Haikonen.
Reminder of title:	exploring humanity's ultimate questions /
Author:	Haikonen, Pentti O.
other author:	Haikonen, Pete.
Published:	Singapore :World Scientific, : c2023.,
Description:	1 online resource (252 p.) :ill. :
Subject:	Cosmology. -
Online resource:	https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/12976#t=toc
ISBN:	9789811260735

Existence, origin and weird technology = exploring humanity's ultimate questions /
Haikonen, Pentti O.

Existence, origin and weird technologyexploring humanity's ultimate questions /[electronic resource] :Pentti O. Haikonen ; illustrated by Pete Haikonen. - Singapore :World Scientific,c2023. - 1 online resource (252 p.) :ill. - Book series in technophilosophies ;vol. 1. - Book series in technophilosophies ;v. 1..

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Existence, origin and other weird questions -- The origin of the universe -- The emergence of life -- From cells to brains -- Sensing, perception and attention -- Memory and learning -- Thinking, intelligence and inner speech -- Love and other emotions -- The beautiful, unexpected and funny -- Consciousness -- Altered states of consciousness -- Artificial intelligence -- Machine consciousness -- The rise of the technological world -- Weird science -- The bare new world -- Time, eternity and infinity -- Seeking for deliverance.

"What are we humans, and how did we become the high technology species? What would be our legacy? What is the ultimate meaning of life? Many of these questions are still waiting for full and complete answers and explanations. For thousands of years humans have pondered the fundamental questions about origin, existence and reality, and also about mind, consciousness, communication and social issues. In this day and age when advancing technology is quickly transforming our societies and our ways of life, these questions are more important than ever, not only in the theoretical sense, but also in practice. We have to understand what has happened, and what is happening. For the first time in the history, technology has given us powerful means to investigate the phenomena behind the ultimate questions. However, technology is only a tool; the thinking human is still required for the understanding of the world. This book explores these curious topics, beginning from the origin of the Universe to the emergence of life; the evolution from cells to brains; the development of cognitive ability from perception and attention to reasoning and thinking; how we interact with other humans by means of love and emotion; to the creation of thinking machines by weird technology. THIS BOOK presents novel views on these questions and provides explanations and possible answers in an easy-to-read style"--

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9789811260735Subjects--Topical Terms:

579761
Cosmology.

LC Class. No.: QB981 / .H149 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 523.101

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