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Mechanical Thinking
Sylvia Berryman
reply by Mike Edmunds
[short_description] Could a single implement, such as the Antikythera mechanism, change the understanding of the cosmos? Sylvia Berryman is wary of viewing mechanistic pictures as unique keys to historical worldviews.
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Archaeology and Armageddon
Erin Hall
[short_description] In the interwar period, a team from the University of Chicago oversaw an archaeological dig in Megiddo, modern day Israel. The dig’s findings, and shortcomings, proved foundational for archaeology.
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A Riddling Mirror of Nature
Paul Keyser
reply by Mike Edmunds
[short_description] When studying the origins and nature of the Antikythera mechanism, Paul Keyser cautions scholars to be mindful not to “retroject things seen or deduced from one era back into times well prior.”
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Translating Theory into Technology
Paul Cartledge
reply by Mike Edmunds
[short_description] Paul Cartledge describes how the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism has challenged long-held views about the ability of Greek scholars in antiquity to translate theory into technology.
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The First Computer
Kyriakos Efstathiou
reply by Mike Edmunds
[short_description] Was the Antikythera mechanism the first computer in world history? Kyriakos Efstathiou makes the case for the predictive powers of the device, which have now been tested in detail.
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Neither Denouncing nor Celebrating
Richard Noakes
reply by David Kordahl
[short_description] Is scientific advancement entrapped by its historical context, or could history be the driving force behind such progress? Richard Noakes and David Kordahl discuss.
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On the Temporal Structure of Consciousness
Michael Herzog & Adrien Doerig
[short_description] That consciousness is discrete and not continuous, Michael Herzog and Adrien Doerig agree with Rufin VanRullen. However, the timescale of these conscious percepts remains up for debate.
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Temporal Frames of Conscious Perception
Peter White
[short_description] Peter White responds to Rufin VanRullin and Michael Herzog, arguing against the timescales they propose for the temporal resolution of consciousness. Are there even frames of consciousness, White wonders?
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On the Feasibility of Fusion Energy
Ian Hutchinson
reply by Daniel Jassby
[short_description] The conditions needed for fusion to occur are known. But terrestrial controlled fusion energy production remains, nevertheless, extremely difficult and potentially impracticable.
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