What are the biggest flaws of AI today?

First, thank you, Fineas, for asking what is surely one of the least understood questions currently facing all of technology. Most answers people offer make the same mistake the authors of all eight diagnostic manuals make, and for the same reason. When it comes to human technology, we make it in our likeness and image. So if we make something which is supposed to augment our minds, we unknowingly build in the same flaws as those which exist in our minds.

Is brain plasticity something to be concerned about or embraced when learning new things?

When I was writing my 2016 book, The Science of Discovery, I chose in one whole chapter to explore the nature of deafness and hearing. One of the sources I used was a brilliant book by the mother of a child who became deaf early in life. Her book, I Can Hear You Whisper (Lydia…

How can I improve my basic knowledge about everything?

Of the close to 200 answers already posted, most claim you should expose yourself to as much of the world as you can. In truth, inundating yourself with information will only result in feeling more overwhelmed. This points to the deceptively brilliant way the OP has posed this question. And the key to seeing this…

Does evidence support the claim that learning something new changes your brain for good, or that learning can be undone if you stop doing what you learned for long enough?

Answering this with proper science would easily take many books. Except in rare cases, simple answers cannot address the true nature of anything this dense. And yes, I realize I sound like a world-class know-it-all who is talking out of my butt-hole. Fair enough. So how would I look to answer these questions? Start with…

There are alpha, beta, gamma brainwaves. Right? Gamma operates from 40 up to 100 HZ? Does that means 100hz is better than 40? Higher freq. higher IQ?

Does a higher FM radio broadcast frequency (specifically, the carrier wave; e.g 98.5 versus 106.7) indicate content which is more intelligent? You’re referring to carrier waves, not content, and IQ refers to the ability to recognize patterns in content, not carrier waves patterns.

What are the reasons why a hypothesis needs to be testable?

Any science based on hypotheses inherits myriad flaws. These flaws include the idea that hypotheses, by design, drastically reduce the field and scope of exploration. In doing so, they fatally skew experimental results, so much so that they guarantee these results will translate poorly to individual, real world cases. A separate but equally problematic assumption…

Is it worth verbally to challenge the beliefs a person with Asperger’s? I’ve tirelessly tried. Are there opinions set in stone?

Like all things in human nature, arriving at a true and useful answer to this question begins with knowing the nature of people with majority personalities. In this case, I’m referring to the process whereby most children develop language. Specifically, how it occurs in an increasingly complex way. For example, at first, to most children,…

Could any learned soul, help understand the contradiction that the NLP and Sedona Techniques offer?

At their core, philosophically, NLP and Sedona Technique are a pair of opposites. This oppositeness resembles the core difference between Hindu vs. Buddhist styles of meditation. Hindus believe we can change only between lives. Buddhists believe we can also change within lives. Because of these differences, Hindu styles of meditation tend to focus on transcending…

I was at a school event and another mother asked if my son (8) was gay. In total disbelief, I asked her why she had asked me such a question and she continued to tell me how many of the mothers believe it because of ‘how he acts’. What should I do?

Liberal application of the red hot poker would likely fix the problem.

Could severe childhood trauma symptoms be misdiagnosed as Asperger’s? I was diagnosed when I was a child but the diagnosis doesn’t seem to fit anymore now that I am not only older but also in recovery.

I too have Asperger’s and am also in recovery, now 35 years. Sadly, based on the responses posted here, it seems, the phrase “in recovery” doesn’t ring a bell to most. As to your question though, sadly, yes, this can happen, albeit it didn’t happen to me. So while I did suffer multiple childhood traumas,…

Why do people not know that their minds are interpreting electro-chemical signals and that their experience of physicality is inferred and deductive?

Do the fish in the fish tank see the water? Do they only infer and deduce it’s there? Your question is a good one. Difficult but good. In truth, we live in a sea of electro-chemical signals, including those our bodies produce. And to be a bit picky about your assertions about our limitations (inferred…