tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post5351635734166642630..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: A debate on what faces can tell us. Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-46540975093926253042014-03-25T12:06:05.268-05:002014-03-25T12:06:05.268-05:00Derik this petty bickering plays into the hands of...Derik this petty bickering plays into the hands of a revolutionary like myself — it's as if modern researchers are still questioning the theory of evolution! Fortunately science does move on regardless of such disputes. I think your readers would be interested to know that researchers at UC San Diego have developed software that can accurately identify pain in a subject with 85% accuracy, while trained humans are found to be successful only 55% of the time. And since it's still very new, who knows how much better this software might soon become. <br /><br />http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221400147X?_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_origin=gateway&_docanchor=&md5=b8429449ccfc9c30159a5f9aeaa92ffb&ccp=y<br /><br /><br />Your readers might also wonder why a philosopher like myself would take such an interest, though this subject is quite related to my own work. Without accepted understandings to philosophical elements of reality, I believe that "mental/behavioral" sciences will remain "pre-Newton." <br /><br />http://physicalethics.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com