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Blindsight is a hard science fiction novel by Canadian writer Peter Watts, published by Tor Books in 2006. It won the Seiun Award for the best novel in Japanese translation (where it is published by Tokyo Sogensha) [2] and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel, [3] the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, [4] and the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction ...
Watts ends the book with an essay explaining how the scientific and philosophical themes of the novel are grounded in the academic literature. He dismisses the idea that humans have free will as a "farce" unworthy of serious debate. "I don't have much to say about it because the arguments seem so clear-cut as to be almost uninteresting.
Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958 [1]) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction . He earned a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in 1991 from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology. [ 3 ]
Chad Orzel was considerably more negative, calling it "far from impressive", with "two main weaknesses forced on the story by the basic concept": the extent to which it requires familiarity with the 1982 film, and Watts' effort to "basically retcon the goofy biology of the movie alien, which was based on the goofy biology of a John Campbell ...
Blindsight is a neurological phenomenon. Blindsight may also refer to: Blindsight, a 1992 novel written by Robin Cook; Blindsight, a 2006 documentary film directed by Lucy Walker; Blindsight (Watts novel), a 2006 novel written by Peter Watts; Blindsight (Neuralink), a medical device developed by Neuralink
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The character of Ernest Louit is only one of many satirical digs at Ireland contained in the novel. Others include the recognisably south Dublin locale and respectable citizenry of the novel's opening, Dum Spiro, editor of the Catholic magazine Crux and a connoisseur of obscure theological conundrums, and Beckett's exasperation at the ban on contraception in the Irish Free State (as previously ...
Tao: The Watercourse Way is a 1975 non-fiction book on Taoism and philosophy, and is Alan Watts' last book. [1] [2] It was published posthumously in 1975 with the collaboration of Al Chung-liang Huang, who also contributed a preface and afterword, and with additional calligraphy by Lee Chih-chang.