Eliza, Computer Therapist . . . online therapy at it’s well . . . something: ELIZA emulates a Rogerian psychotherapist. ELIZA has almost no intelligence whatsoever, only tricks like string substitution and canned responses based on keywords. Yet when the original ELIZA first appeared in the 60’s, some people actually mistook her for human. The…
Daily Archives: June 8, 2004
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
The Fat Epidemic
by Brian David Phillips •
Interesting take on the so-called obesity epidemic.
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Pills or Talk Therapy? Those aren’t the only two choices!
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times reports on a study between medicating with Prozac and psychotherapy for troubled teens . . .
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Torture
by Brian David Phillips •
The New York Times reports on a position paper from early last year . . .
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The Day After Tomorrow . . . Today
by Brian David Phillips •
It’s not going to be quite as spectacular a global climate shift as the film, but some of the changes are already underway . . .
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American Gulag
by Brian David Phillips •
Journalist Elana Lappin has an interesting account of being arrested and held upon arrival in the US despite being from a friendly nation whose non-journalist citizens acan enter the US without hassle. Journalists from Friends, Allies of America: Beware. Food for thought and a bit more than depressing. The Patriot Act was intended to fight…