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Are We Unique: A Scientist Explores the Unparalleled Intelligence of the Human Mind Hardcover - 1997

by James S. Trefil; Trefil


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This text explores what it is that is so special about the human mind that sets us apart from all other animals and also makes it impossible to design a computer that could think like we do. It looks at recent findings about animal intelligence to show how different human minds really are from other animal minds. An argument is put forward that the human mind is unique and that even if a computer is built that can think as well as we do, it will not be at all like the human mind in the way that it thinks.

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  • Title Are We Unique: A Scientist Explores the Unparalleled Intelligence of the Human Mind
  • Author James S. Trefil; Trefil
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 242
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, New York
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471155362 / 0471155365
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.51 x 6.41 x 0.95 in (24.16 x 16.28 x 2.41 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Human information processing, Thought and thinking
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96034338
  • Dewey Decimal Code 153

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JAMES TREFIL is Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. He is the author of fifteen books, including coauthorship of the bestselling Science Matters and the perennially popular Sharks Have No Bones. A regular contributor to Smithsonian magazine, he is also a science commentator for National Public Radio. Mr. Trefil lives in Fairfax, Virginia.
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