Author Archives: F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Will Catalonia’s declaration of independence from Spain lead to a second Spanish Civil War? (Here is a link to a previous post regarding Catalan independence.)

Did you know that today is the 136th anniversary of the historic gun battle between a group of outlaws led by Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers and a group of lawmen led by Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday at … Continue reading →

In honor of all-around great guy and French basketball power forward Boris Diaw: Mon frère Boris, via Jonathan Abrams at Grantland Boris Diaw, the most interesting man on Earth, via Tim Carmody at kottke.org Interview with Diaw, who is down to … Continue reading →

Are there any moral truths? On this day in history, the Moral Science Club–a formal discussion group for Cambridge University’s philosophers–held a meeting to explore this very question. British authors John Eidinow and David Edmonds wrote an entire book (their … Continue reading →

Source: Jim Zimmerlin (hat tip: digg)

We’ve been reading Wendell Wallach and Colin Allen’s fascinating book “Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong,” a book we discovered last month at a conference on Artificial Intelligence and the Law held at Savannah Law School. (Dr Wallach was the keynote speaker.) Although their … Continue reading →