- Spyridon Kakos [Gr. Σπύρος Κάκος] is a writer and philosopher interested mainly in the philosophy or science & religi... moreSpyridon Kakos [Gr. Σπύρος Κάκος] is a writer and philosopher interested mainly in the philosophy or science & religion. Located in Athens, Greece. He has worked as a senior technical advisor and researcher for many years. He holds a PhD in the Advanced Materials Technology sector, for the use of conductive polymers in the PCB industry, an MBA in Decisions Science and an MSc in Advanced Materials' Science and Technology. He develops software solutions and contributes to the online open source community. He is the creator of Huo Chess, one of the smallest open source micro-chess programs available. He is writing about philosophy for many years and has been managing the Harmonia Philosophica philosophy program with extreme success. Spiros has been the chief editor of Harmonia Philosophica (harmoniaPhilosophica.com) since its foundation and is profoundly interested in the harmonization of the relationships between Religion and Science in today's troubled era. He believes that science and religion are two sides of the same coin; both are needed to understand the cosmos. His philosophical work is mainly concentrated on an effort to free thinking from the chains of "logic" and reconcile all philosophical opinions under the umbrella of the "One" that Parmenides - one of the first thinkers - visualized. As Rilke said, life's purpose is to be defeated by greater things. And the most important things in life are illogical. We must fight the dogmatic belief in "logic" if we are to stay humans... Credo quia absurdum!edit
Playing chess is one of the first sectors of human thinking that were conquered by computers. From the historical win of Deep Blue against chess champion Garry Kasparov until today, computers have completely dominated the world of chess... more
Playing chess is one of the first sectors of human thinking that were conquered by computers. From the historical win of Deep Blue against chess champion Garry Kasparov until today, computers have completely dominated the world of chess leaving no room for question as to who is the king in this sport. However, the better computers become in chess the more obvious their basic disadvantage becomes: Even though they can defeat any human in chess and play phenomenally great and intuitive moves, they do not seem to know what chess it. Recently, the advent of AlphaZero brought the level of computers to even higher grounds, but made that disadvantage even more obvious. Nowadays the best chess algorithm can find the best moves in any position without having any knowledge of any chess principle whatsoever. A new world of capabilities and knowledge lays open in front of us, but the darkness behind it is deeper than we could ever imagine. The neural network algorithms seem capable of being best in something without even knowing what that something is, making questions regarding the essence of what thought is more important than ever.
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Humans are weird creatures. They like life and fear death, even though they know nothing for both. And even though our ignorance for life seems insignificant since we manage to live without knowing what life is, our ignorance of death... more
Humans are weird creatures. They like life and fear death, even though they know nothing for both. And even though our ignorance for life seems insignificant since we manage to live without knowing what life is, our ignorance of death seems more important since it seems to trouble the depths of our self. But like the fifth axiom of Euclid, the belief in death is nothing more than an arbitrary belief based on things we consider obvious even though no knowledge is. A series of philosophical opinions dating back aeons have laid the foundation of an idea that initially did not even exist: That our existence can end like an evening breeze. The goal of this paper is to list all those philosophical dogmas that have made Humans believe that death exists. And by making this list a memory might resurface from something we used to feel: There is more to life than being…
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Humans are obsolete. In the post-ChatGPT era, artificial intelligence systems have replaced us in the last sectors of life that we thought were our personal kingdom. Yet, humans still have a place in this life. But they can find it only... more
Humans are obsolete. In the post-ChatGPT era, artificial intelligence systems have replaced us in the last sectors of life that we thought were our personal kingdom. Yet, humans still have a place in this life. But they can find it only if they forget all those things that we believe make us unique. Only if we go back to doing nothing, can we truly be alive and meet our Self. Only if we stop thinking can we accept the Cosmos as it is and know what Being is. Only if we become irrational can we ever understand what AI will never understand. Humans need to destroy what they have created, because in the world they have built they have no place. Unless we become children once more. And laugh for no reason. In a cosmos that was meant to be our home.
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This paper analyzes the thought process of Huo Chess that I have created, with the purpose of being the smallest and best fitted open-source chess engine for educational purposes. One can learn the basics of chess programming through... more
This paper analyzes the thought process of Huo Chess that I have created, with the purpose of being the smallest and best fitted open-source chess engine for educational purposes. One can learn the basics of chess programming through diving into the source code of a known chess program.
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In the context of this thesis I investigated the use of conductive polymers of pyrrole in high-technology applications and more specifically in surface modification. We developed a method for the use of polypyrrole in the conversion of... more
In the context of this thesis I investigated the use of conductive polymers of pyrrole in high-technology applications and more specifically in surface modification. We developed a method for the use of polypyrrole in the conversion of non-conductive surfaces to conductive (metallization of insulators). Then the same method was studied for its applicability to the Printed Circuit Board industry in the Through-Hole copper plating stage. The study included the development of the synthesis of polypyrrole, the development of methods to deposit metals on insulators' surfaces and the analysis of the electrochemical deposition mechanism of copper (copper electrodeposition) on polypyrrole-modified surface, with the ultimate goal of developing new methods for the metallization of insulators and the Through-Hole Plating during construction of printed circuit boards (PCB). An innovative composition of polypyrrole (based on the chemical polymerization of pyrrole) was developed. The final po...
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The validity of the senses we use to experience the cosmos is something we take for granted. The majority of the people view the senses as the most effective and potentially the only tool they have to reach reality. But as Shestov... more
The validity of the senses we use to experience the cosmos is something we take for granted. The majority of the people view the senses as the most effective and potentially the only tool they have to reach reality. But as Shestov rightfully questioned, when was the last time the majority decided correctly on an important philosophical problem? The role of science and philosophy is to question the obvious and this is what we should do if we are to uncover the true role of the senses. This paper uses a series of philosophy articles to touch on the problem of the senses and the answer portrayed is exciting as well as terrifying: The senses are not a helpful tool but more of a hurdle when it comes to understanding the cosmos…
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For centuries, science was considered as something radically different from religion. Yet, the foundations of true science are deeply religious in nature. This paper seeks to show how religion is the only foundation needed for the... more
For centuries, science was considered as something radically different from religion. Yet, the foundations of true science are deeply religious in nature. This paper seeks to show how religion is the only foundation needed for the formulation of scientific theories, since it provides the core principles on which the building of exact sciences is based upon. Our need to understand the cosmos and our faith in us being able to do so, are the main prerequisites for conducting science; prerequisites that are derived from our belief in us being the sons of God and, thus, being able to read His mind. From its birth on 7 March 1277 up to today, science seems to be the only logical attitude of religious people towards the unknown cosmos.
For centuries, science was considered as something radically different from religion. Yet, the foundations of true science are deeply religious in nature. This paper seeks to show how religion is the only foundation needed for the... more
For centuries, science was considered as something radically different from religion. Yet, the foundations of true science are deeply religious in nature. This paper seeks to show how religion is the only foundation needed for the formulation of scientific theories, since it provides the core principles on which the building of exact sciences is based upon. Our need to understand the cosmos and our faith in us being able to do so, are the main prerequisites for conducting science; prerequisites that are derived from our belief in us being the sons of God and, thus, being able to read His mind. From its birth on 7 March 1277 up to today, science seems to be the only logical attitude of religious people towards the unknown cosmos.