Kant and the Computer

An article in a recent issue of Science references "Critique of Pure Reason" by Immanuel Kant, in which he proposes that the brain in its original form already contains the necessary building blocks of understanding and utilizing space and time. This makes sense and it is analogous to the computer's BIOS – where the basic instructions are permanently stored. Without a BIOS, the computer simply cannot boot up and without booting up it cannot perform any tasks. Similarly, without these basic...