The Prototype Sanctuary

Posted by on November 30, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

Author : Ryan Somma An orangutan and a brain in a vat were playing chess across the room from me. It was a joke I hadn’t figured out the punch line to in five years of working here. The disembodied brain was Philo, and, lacking eyes, I had no idea how it understood the game. [...]

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