Sentences with phrase «giving human traits»

People probaby say I'm guilty of anthrpomorphism, giving human traits they don't possess to dogs.

In fact, before the 70s, the word «anthropomorphic,» which means giving human traits to animals, was thrown at anyone who believed an animal capable of having fun without any purpose.

The Coen brothers rarely give us human traits, the basic things, that we can grasp onto.

Therefore, when the Merriam - Webster dictionary defines artificial intelligence as «the power of a machine to copy intelligent human behaviour», it is, in our view, making a broad overgeneralisation and, we dare say, an ill - fated attempt to give human traits to software.

Not exact matches

@ Frank Bonora — And given your sharp observation skills, you've missed that this universal human trait extends well beyond the realm of religion?

Occasionally, Hartshorne even speaks of a «besouled body,» but by such language he means only the probability of certain modes of action and experience that embody a given personality's characteristic traits.11 Consequently, he suggests that, when a person's body goes into a deep, dreamless sleep, the soul loses its actuality, only to regain it when the person awakens.12 Understandably, therefore, he disregards as inapplicable to his own view Gilbert Ryle's well - known caricature of Cartesian anthropological dualism as «the dogma of the Ghost in the Machine» — especially since Hartshorne denies that the human body is a «machine» in any materialistic, mechanical sense.13

«People will be inclined to give their children those skills and traits that align with their own temperaments and lifestyles,» writes Gregory Stock, an apostle of human genetic engineering who heads the program on Medicine, Technology and Society at UCLA.

Known as theory of mind this gives humans many sophisticated traits, including empathy and deception Robots have demonstrated theory of mind before but iCub is different.

«Those modern humans» selected genes under selection may prove central to a relevant process of domestication, given that these interactions may provide significant data on relevant phenotypic traits,» said Boeckx.

Gina Rippon gives a fascinating perspective on gender differences in behavioural traits, with insights from studies in both humans and other species (2 September, p 24).

Gina Rippon gives a fascinating perspective on gender differences in behavioural traits, with insights from studies in both humans and...

Sometimes, this takes the form of understanding recent adaptations that have evolved within human populations, which gives us an insight into the challenges that our ancestors faced and the kind of traits that helped them survive and prosper.

«It might be difficult to imagine why the large number of gene variants that together give rise to traits like [autism spectrum disorder] are retained in human populations,» co-author and genetics and neuroscience professor Joel Gelernter said in a statement from Yale University.

«We don't understand enough yet about the human genome, and how genes interact, and which genes give rise to certain traits to edit for human enhancement today,» she said.

Even so, given the massive disparity in research emphasis, I find it compelling that considerable numbers of lncRNAs are implicated in human traits.

We want to give you a different perspective on dating through the century old tradition of the Chinese signs in a detailed analysis that provides amazing insights into human interaction, looking at each Chinese sign in turn, discussing the character traits of people born under it and describing their functioning in various types of relationships.

Franco captures that while Wiseau's mouth, which perpetually feels like it's full of peanut butter and / or cotton - mouth - inducing pills may be joylessly droning, «Ha ha ha», the eyes betray that he has no idea what he's supposed to find amusing, but apparently «laughing» is a common trait of these «humans» so as long as he's at least attempting to pass among their ranks, he might as well give it a shot.

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In addition to the human traits she gives her bug protagonists, Paull vividly and accurately lays out the hierarchy of the honeybee colonies — their dangers, joys, devotion to the queen.

Paper authors noted in their discussion that there were limitations to interpretations of the study, particularly given the potential for anthropomorphism (projecting human traits onto animals) and owner bias, and that further investigations independent of owner interpretation are required.

In most breeds, we have removed many of the natural, God - given instincts and traits of wild dogs in order to make them more useful or enjoyable to humans.

Ochheuteal's disparate collection of human and geographical elements gives rise then to a surprising array of personality traits.

However, Team17 takes the cake, in giving worms the violent trait of humans...

One of the highlights for me of a recent presentation given by Dr Gabija about neuroscience and conflict was the part when she talked about «mammalian brain» dominant traits compared with «human brain» dominant traits (and «reptilian brain» which this article read more