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From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 2:39 AM To: Noam Chomsky Cc: Lawrence Krauss; Jeffrey E.; Subject: Re: the dialogue Come for the fun no matter what. We wi=l cover everything and make sure you both enjoy. Director, The Orig=ns Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Eart= & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona Sta=e University, P.O. Bo= 871404, =a href="x- apple-data-detectors://1/1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-a=ple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data- detectors-result="1 1">T=mpe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: lkssistant (Jessica): Origins Offi=e (Cynthia): mailto origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> I&n=sp <http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/> Sent from my=iPhone On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Noam Chomsky &=t mailto > wrote: =/div> Should be a most interesting event.&nbs=; Don't know exactly what we'll be doing. I don =99t think I can be a participant. Hope we'll manage to attend= at least the public debate. Noam From: Lawrence Krauss Imailto Sent: Thursday, September 24 2015 2:43 PM To: Noam Chomsky mailto Cc: Jeffrey E. [email protected] <mailtojeevacation@gmai .com»; <mato. Su ject: Re: t e is ogue mailt' Hi.. here is some info from the invite letter w=ich came from Mark Mattson, Chief of Neurosciences at Johns Hopkins, who is=one of the organizers, along with Eric Horvitz, from Microsoft.. : EFTA_R1_01603658 EFTA02485289  "The Origins of Pattern Processing workshop will explore t=e evolutionary, neurobiological and societal foundations of advanced visual=and auditory pattern processing. This will involve short presentations and extended discussions by experts from discip=ines ranging from neuroscience and evolutionary biology, to psychiatry and a=tificial intelligence. Specific topics include 1) the evolution and adaptiv= value of pattern processing capabilities; 2) how nerve cell circuits that process patterns are formed d=ring brain development and modified by experience; 3) the neurobiological u=derpinnings of advanced pattern processing capabilities such as map-making,=language, art and mental time travel; 4) the mental fabrication of non-existent entities such as gods and=ghosts to explain poorly understood natural events; 5) aberrant pattern pro=essing in psychiatric disorders and in potential artificial intelligence; 6= designing computers and robots to mimic or complement the superior pattern processing capabilities of the h=man brain; and 7) the implications of a better understanding of the brain =80 s pattern processing mechanisms for the future of computing and the fu=ure of our species. " There will be a public great debate event also, calle=. Creativity to Madness: Mental Processing in Human and Machine Brains=/span> You are welcome to attend and be a participant in bot=, either etc.. Here was the initial invite list.. it has changed &nb=p;since this one was sent out but it gives you an idea of the breadth of pa=ticipants.... some of these people can't come, some other names added.. Most have accepted, including Christop= Koch.. we are probably adding some machine intelligence people.. On Sep 24, 2015, at 11:29 AM, Noam Chomsky wrote: We'll be in Tucson, visiting th= linguistics department, mainly. Most interested to hear about the confe=ence. Hope we can work something out. Noam From: Lawrence Krauss imailto =>] Sent: Wednesday, S=ptember 23, 2015 10:56 PM To: Noam Chomsky &=t; <mailto <mailto: 2 EFTA_R1_01603659 EFTA02485290  Cc: Jeffrey E. <=jeevacation@ mail.com <[email protected]»; cmailto ; <= href="mailto > Subject: Re: the d=alogue absolutely. Great.. hope it is vacation at the s=me place! We are going to have an Origins workshop on&nb=p;Origins of Mental Pattern Processing: Lessons from the Brain with an interesting group of neuroscientists, and machine intelligence types.. &=bsp;followed by a great debate on Creativity to Madness: Mental Proce=sing in Human and Machine Brains.=nbsp; If you two would like to come up for the weekend and s=t in and enjoy the resort and spend some down time with me, I would really e=joy that, and we would cover all the expenses... if the timing works out. We could even give you an honorarium if you w=nted to spend more than a few days here relaxing and writing. Anyway t=e event is March 11-13.. In any case, perhaps I will see you back east before t=en. Thanks for reaching out. Lawrence On Sep 23, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Noam Chomsky <[email protected]> wrote: If nothing before, we're expect=ng to be in Tucson in March. So then, I hope. From: Lawrence Krauss imail=o <mailtc ] </=pan> Sent: Tuesday, Sep=ember 22, 2015 10:21 PM To: Noam Chomsky <mailto Cc: Jeffrey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]»; <mailto Subject: Re: the d=alogue Me too. Was in Boston for only 3 hours on the 15th. Hopefully longer in Bost=n or NYC soon. Or back in Arizona in the winter! :) Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU 3 EFTA_R1_01603660 EFTA02485291  Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics D=partment Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404</=pan> Research Office MAssistant (Jessic=): Origins Office (Cynthia): origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> I <image001.png> Sent from my iPhone On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Noam Chomsky wrote:=/o:p> Sounds good. Look forward to seei=g the outcome. And I hope we can all get together again.<=o:p> From: Lawrence Krauss [mail.° <mailto I </=pan> Sent: Tuesday, Sep=ember 22, 2015 5:00 PM To: Noam Chomsky &=t mailto > Cc: fir E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> mailto Subject: the dialo=ue Hi Noam: we are working on editing the transcript of the dialo=ue and it should be done in a week or two.. It seems to be coming along wel=.. it comes in at around 20,000 words.. anyway, am convinced it could be th= basis of an interesting volume, supplemented by an intro, afterward, and maybe one or two other things.. &n=sp; 4 EFTA_R1_01603661 EFTA02485292  Hope all is well. Jeffrey told me about your interest=ng meeting the other day.. wish I could have been there to listen. Lawrence Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor <=p> School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics D=partment Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: ‘Assistant (Jessi=a) Origins Office (Cynthia) <mailto origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> I <image001.png> Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Foundation Professor <=p> School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics D=partment Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office=essistant (Jessi=a): Origins Office (Cynthia) 5 EFTA_R1_01603662 EFTA02485293  mailtoa> origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> I <image001.png> Lawrence M. Krauss Foundation Professor Director, The ASU Origins Project Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Liberal Arts and Sciences</=> School of Earth and Space Explorationap> PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ 85287-1404 mailto Exec. Asst (Jessica Origins Asst (Cynthia): > 6 EFTA_R1_01603663 EFTA02485294