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Philosophy can seem stodgy, boring, and old-fashioned, especially when compared to ultra-high-velocity, mega-sex-appeal disciplines like Internet AI engineering. But yet, the timelessness of philosophy is probably its greatest strength. The fundamental nature of the universe, which is what philosophy is about, doesn’t change over time. In a sense it even pre-exists the notion of time. As I see it, the only way to really understand the latest greatest thing — and the new new new thing, just around the corner — is to tie it in with the truths of the ages.
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Goertzel, B., Goertzel, T. (2002). Elements of a Philosophy of Mind. In: Creating Internet Intelligence. International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering, vol 18. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0561-7_3
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