The Atomic Human

Neil D. Lawrence

The Zangwill Lecture

Pre-emptive Apology

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Bauby and Shannon

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embodiment
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15 trillion years

For sale: baby shoes, never worn

\[\text{reflect} \Longleftrightarrow \text{reflex}\]

Thinking is acting in an imagined space

Konrad Lorenz Lorenz (1977)

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  • book: The Atomic Human

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  • The Atomic Human pages atomic human, the 13 , Le Scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) 10–12, Bauby, Jean Dominique 9–11, 18, 90, 99-101, 133, 186, 212–218, 234, 240, 251–257, 318, 368–369, Shannon, Claude 10, 30, 61, 74, 98, 126, 134, 140, 143, 149, 260, 264, 269, 277, 315, 358, 363, psychological representation 326–329, 344–345, 353, 361, 367, baby shoes 368, Blake, William Newton 121–123, Blake, William Newton 121–123, 258, 260, 283, 284, 301, 306, System Zero 242–247, 306, 309, 329, 350, 355, 359, 361, 363, 364, Earhart, Amelia 200–205, Gilruth, Bob 190-192, National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) 163–168, Blue Marble (photograph) 367, Apollo 11 202-210, human-analogue machine (HAMs) 343-347, 359-359, 365-368, Blake, William Elohim Creating Adam 121, 217–18.

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    System Zero

Heider, F., Simmel, M., 1944. An experimental study of apparent behavior. The American Journal of Psychology 57, 243–259. https://doi.org/10.2307/1416950
Lawrence, N.D., 2024. The atomic human: Understanding ourselves in the age of AI. Allen Lane.
Lorenz, K., 1977. Behind the mirror: A search for a natural history of human knowledge. Methuen & Co Ltd.
MacKay, D.M., 1991. Behind the eye. Basil Blackwell.