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Encyclopedia > Anders Sandberg

Anders Sandberg (b. July 11, 1972) is a Swedish neuroscientist, science debater, futurist, transhumanist, and author. He holds a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University and is currently researching computer models of human memory at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. This article is about the art movement, futurism. ... Transhumanism is an emergent philosophy analysing or favouring the use of science and technology, especially neurotechnology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology, to overcome human limitations and improve the human condition. ... This article or section should include material from neuro cybernetics Computational neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field which draws on neuroscience, computer science and applied mathematics. ... Stockholm University Stockholm University, or Stockholms universitet, is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. ... Royal Institute of Technology The Royal Institute of Technology or Kungliga tekniska högskolan (KTH) is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. ...


He is co-founder of and writer for the think tank Eudoxa. Between 1996 and 2000 he was Chairman of the Swedish Transhumanist Association.


His other interests include physics, astronomy, biomedicine, psychology, complexity theory, art, science fiction, roleplaying, computer graphics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, Information visualization, Intelligence amplification technologies, and the philosophy and politics of human enhancement. Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (physikos), natural, and φύσις (physis), Nature) is the science of Nature in the broadest sense. ... Astronomy, which etymologically means law of the stars, (from Greek: αστρονομία = άστρον + νόμος) is a science involving the observation and explanation of events occurring outside Earth and its atmosphere. ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that treat patients. ... Psychology (ancient Greek: psyche = soul and logos = word) is the study of mind, thought, and behaviour. ... Complexity theory can refer to more than one thing: Computational complexity theory: a field in theoretical computer science and mathematics dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem Systems theory (or systemics or general systems theory): an interdisciplinary field including engineering, biology and philosophy that incorporates... Although today the word art usually refers to the visual arts, the concept of what art is has continuously changed over centuries. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ... Computer graphics (CG) is the field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world. ... Artificial intelligence (also known as machine intelligence and often abbreviated as AI) is intelligence exhibited by any manufactured (i. ... Cognitive science is usually defined as the scientific study either of mind or of intelligence (e. ...


External links

  • Blog (http://www.aleph.se/andart)
  • Anders Main Page (http://www.nada.kth.se/~asa/main.html)
  • Transhuman Resources (http://www.aleph.se/Trans/)

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Both these environments are often exclusive; serving the wealthy's demand for recreation, solitude and 'nature' experiences or the continued thirst for consumer goods.
2000 (A. Sandberg and C. Midgley) "Recreation, forestry and environmental management: The Haliburton Forest and Wildlife Reserve, Ontario, Canada." In X. Font and J. Tribe (eds.), Forest Tourism and Recreation: Case Studies in Environmental Management.
1997 (A. Sandberg and W. Parenteau) "From weapons to symbols of privilege: the role of cartoons in the pulpwood export embargo debate in Nova Scotia, 1925-1933," Acadiensis, Vol.
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