Category: The Conversation

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By David Cornell, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Lancashire Leaf your prejudices at the door. Black Salmon As far back as 1980, the American philosopher John Searle distinguished between strong and weak AI. Weak AIs are merely useful machines or programs that help us solve problems,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer, Environment & Systems, The Open University Gorgev/Shutterstock A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine has now been rescinded, but the incident has prompted many discussions about whether…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Matt Wall, Associate Professor, Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University If any seat has a claim to be part of Labour’s electoral heartland, it is Caerphilly. Labour’s electoral dominance there reaches all the way back to the creation of the constituency in the 1918 UK general…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Stefano Arlaud, PhD candidate in Time Processing and Metacognition of Time Processing, SBBS, Queen Mary University of London Flash Vector/Shutterstock Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, reproduction and migration of many species.…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Andrew Stevens, Visiting Fellow, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University Tokyo’s Shibuya district, which has long been known as the centre of youth culture in Japan, has once again moved to restrict its Halloween street celebrations. A mayoral edict against so-called “Nuisance…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Gerda Wielander, Professor of Chinese Studies, University of Westminster Chinese authorities detained Ezra Jin, the leader of the Zion Church, on October 10 alongside more than 30 church staff and pastors. The arrests come amid the largest crackdown on Christian churches in China in recent years,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Sarah-Jane Coyle, PhD Candidate, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast Is there such a thing as the “perfect victim”? Is it an old lady who is suddenly mugged on the street? And where does a greedy lawyer, eager to profit from an elderly…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Jessica Mary Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, University of Sheffield Throughout October, the Barbican in London is hosting Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. It’s the first UK festival for artists who create in indigenous languages and dialects. And it explores themes of art,…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Michael Rowe, Reader in European History, King’s College London The Napoleonic wars were fought on a bigger scale than any conflict that had gone before. Though concentrated in Europe, their impact was global. They conjure up images of huge battles fought between armies in colourful and…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: The Conversation – UK – By Dan Baumgardt, Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol Jaclyn Vernace/Shutterstock Trick or treat? Something I won’t be hearing at my own door this Halloween. Myself and the other misers of our village will once again be shunning anyone ringing the bell in…