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Life comes at you fast
news
All of a sudden we’re halfway through 2024. I got it in my head to start writing a blog over Christmas last year, and that feels like it was just yesterday. Now, I have to…
Jun 5, 2024
Jordan Taylor
A defense of machine-information metaphors in biology
biology
If you pick up any biology textbook, you will likely notice that many of the concepts therein are explained primarily by analogy. Sub-cellular organelles and biomolecular…
Apr 27, 2024
Jordan Taylor
Note on Peer Review
metascience
The last few years has seen an explosion in the use of preprint servers to circulate research results, especially in the life sciences. Long established in physical and…
Mar 6, 2024
Jordan Taylor
‘Intelligence’ and the Modularity of Mind
mind
Before Christmas, I began reading Peter Carruthers’ “The Architecture of the Mind: Massive Modularity and the Flexibility of Thought”. It’s thorough and well argued, but for…
Jan 30, 2024
Jordan Taylor
Welcome
news
This is my first post, so here I’ll try to set out some of what I’m hoping to achieve with the blog (to the extent I’m trying to achieve anything).
Jan 28, 2024
Jordan Taylor
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