Search engines quickly find information related to the words you type in from pre-indexed web pages. Page ranking algorithms are used to place important webpages at the top, and various techniques are used to optimize search results to increase user satisfaction.   The internet is exploding in size every year, and it’s estimated that by 2024, search engines will have found nearly 70...

Using the virtual reality of the movie The Matrix as a backdrop, discuss why we choose virtual worlds over reality. If sensation and perception are interpreted the same in the brain, it is argued that there is no intrinsic difference between the real and the virtual, and that we need not choose the real just because it is ‘real’.   Imagine the following situation: everything you...

Surrogacy gives infertile couples the opportunity to have children, but it also raises ethical issues about the use of surrogates as reproductive tools. Countries have taken different stances on this from a bioethical perspective, and opinions are still divided.   Many people want to have children who carry their own genes, and while a man’s sperm and a woman’s egg are needed to...

The right to be forgotten, the right of individuals to remove information about themselves left online, seems reasonable on the surface, but it raises a number of issues, including conflicts between freedom of expression and the right to know, problems with the practicality of removing information, a reduction in the openness of the internet, and a distortion of the historical record.   In...

This article discusses the possibilities and limitations of AI, especially strong AI. Based on John Surall’s “Chinese Room Argument”, which argues that programming alone cannot embody human intentionality and sentience, it is necessary to study the physical basis of AI, such as the brain and neurons.   Artificial intelligence (AI) has been at the center of controversy for about 30...

Radar is a device that emits electromagnetic waves to detect the position and speed of an object and analyzes the reflected waves for information. The Doppler effect is used to determine the speed of an object, and the detected information is used to identify the object. It plays an important role in various fields such as military, meteorology, and aviation.   We’re in Country...

  Social media has grown rapidly thanks to the development of mobile internet environments and easy-to-use interfaces, and has had a huge impact on not only human communication, but also on society as a whole. However, it has also created side effects, such as addiction, privacy breaches, and the spread of misinformation, which require careful use.   Definition and development of SNS In...

Drawing on the worldview of the movie The Matrix, this course explores the meaning of human free will and choice as the boundaries between virtual reality and reality become blurred. It raises philosophical questions about whether virtual reality can replace reality and whether humans can find true satisfaction in it, and compares the superiority of the real and virtual worlds.   In the...

This article aims to understand the difference between pseudoscience and science, and to explain the distinction between scientific theories and pseudoscience, focusing on Popper’s theory of disprovability. However, in modern philosophy of science, this distinction remains ambiguous, and Popper’s theory does not provide a clear solution.   In everyday life, the term...

We haven’t found any extraterrestrial life yet, but as science advances, the possibility remains open. Beyond carbon-based life, it’s entirely possible that there are forms of life we haven’t imagined, and new discoveries could be made in the future.   As of October 23, 2024, when I am writing this article, humans have yet to discover a planet other than Earth with life...