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Ep 5: Zen is not Buddhism

03/Aug/2020 — AutoZen

Get updates from American Buddhist Perspectives delivered straight to your inboxBuddhism is the teaching of non-self ( muga; anātman ) and the teaching of causality ( pratītyasamutpāda ).This teach...

Ep 4: Consciousness is like the Star Trek Holodeck

03/Aug/2020 — AutoZen

The Holodeck is a fictional device from the television franchise Star Trek .Holograms provide a real-world starting point for the fictional holodeck of Star Trek.Within the fictional timeline of the ...

Ep 3: enlightenment is when a brain completes it's theory of mind and perception

03/Aug/2020 — AutoZen

We examine the hypothesis that consciousness can be understood as a state of matter, "perceptronium", with distinctive information processing abilities.We propose an alternative scientifically-grounde...

Ep 2: mind is virtual

03/Aug/2020 — AutoZen

A cognitive architecture must relate symbols to the perceptions and purposive actions of an embodied mind that interacts with the world and with other minds in it.The article reviews the evidence for ...