<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Lawrence Krauss &lt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Sunday, September 27, 2015 2:39 AM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Noam Chomsky</td></tr><tr><td>Cc:</td><td>Lawrence Krauss; Jeffrey E.; |</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: the dialogue</td></tr></table>

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:  Assistant (Jessica):

Origins Offi=e (Cynthia):  <mailto:origins.asu.edu <http://origins.asu.edu/> |&n=sp; <http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/>

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On Sep 26, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Noam Chomsky &=t mailto > wrote:

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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 [mailto: ]
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 2:43 PM
To: Noam Chomsky <  <mailto:  >>
Cc: jeffrey E. <jeevacati=n@gmail.com <mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com>>;  <mailto:  <mailto:  >>
Subject: Re: the dialogue

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.. :

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"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 <

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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

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*   **From:** Lawrence Krauss
*   **Sent:** Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:56 PM
*   **To:** Noam Chomsky

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*   **Cc**: Jeffrey E. (jeevacation@gmail.com)
*   **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 <chomsky@mit.edu> wrote:

If nothing before, we're expect=ng to be in Tucson in March. So then, I hope.

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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

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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: [REDACTED]  Assistant (Jessic=): [REDACTED]
Origins Office (Cynthia): [REDACTED]
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On Sep 22, 2015, at 7:08 PM, Noam Chomsky

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Sounds good. Look forward to seei=g the outcome. And I hope we can all get together

again.<=o:p>

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*   **From:** Lawrence Krauss
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*   **To:** Noam Chomsky
*   **Cc:** jeffrey E. <jeeva=ation@gmail.com>
*   **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;

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- Name: Lawrence M. Krauss
- Title(s): Director, The Origins Project at ASU; Foundation Professor
- Departments: School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
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Lawrence M. Krauss

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Director, The ASU Origins Project

Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative

Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center

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