Category: Neuroscience & Mind | Page 36 | Science and Culture Today

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David Klinghoffer

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October 4, 2022

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Metaphysics
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
Technology
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, artificial intelligence, creator, Elon Musk, human beings, Jay Richards, machines, meat machines, myths, Science Uprising, Stephen Hawking, The Human Advantage, work}

Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence

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October 4, 2022

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It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings. Read More ›

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October 1, 2022

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Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
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, Closer to Truth, J.P. Moreland, mind, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, sensations, soul, spirit}

J. P. Moreland: Is the Human Mind Immortal?

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October 1, 2022

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Philosopher J. P. Moreland is a Fellow with the Center for Science & Culture. He offers some thoughts. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
September 22, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Technology
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, algorithms, artificial intelligence, artists, Baylor University, computers, creativity, Darwinism, Discovery Institute, Elon Musk, humanity, Jay Richards, john lennox, kitsch, materialism, media, propaganda, Robert J. Marks II, Science Uprising, Selmer Bringsjord, Stephen Hawking, totalitarianism, Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence}

New from Science Uprising — Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and the Human Difference

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September 22, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Technology

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Creativity, not mere copying or following commands, entails thinking “outside the box.” That’s how it can surprise us with genuine novelty. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 8, 2022

Categories
Human Exceptionalism
Neuroscience & Mind
Origin of Life
Philosophy
Science
Tagged
, apes, chimpanzees, Closer to Truth, genomes, illusion, Julian Baggini, lichens, neurons, neuroscience, qualia, redness, religion, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, rocks, scientific explanation, self}

Can Red Have “Redness” if No Self Perceives It?

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September 8, 2022

Human Exceptionalism, Neuroscience & Mind, Origin of Life, Philosophy, Science

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Is not the fact that we are having these discussions the best available evidence that we are not “just overgrown apes or undergrown apes”? Read More ›

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Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 7, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
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, brain, consciousness, Julian Baggini, music, neuroscience, orchestra, Robert Lawrence Kuhn, The Great Guide}

Another Philosopher Says the Unified Self Is an Illusion

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September 7, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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In an interview, Julian Baggini asserted that, while consciousness is not an illusion, a unified self that persists through time is. Read More ›

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Date
September 2, 2022

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Linguistics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Scientific Reasoning
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, asymmetry, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, dopamine, FOXP2, humans, intelligence, macaque, memory, nerve fibers, Peter Hess, primates, speech, thinking, Yale University}

More Ways that Human and Ape Brains Differ

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September 2, 2022

Linguistics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science, Scientific Reasoning

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Underlying the significant differences in brain — to say nothing of the vast difference in mind — is a genetic mystery. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
September 1, 2022

Categories
Botany
Ethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
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, animals, consciousness, David M. Peña-Guzmán, dreaming, electrons, Günter Bechly, human consciousness, humans, materialists, Michael Egnor, naturalists, panpsychism, philosophers, spiders}

Should Spider Dreaming Really Give Us “Ethical Pause”?

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September 1, 2022

Botany, Ethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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The discovery of REM sleep in spiders is morphing into vast claims that we have “urgent and inexorable ethical obligations” to them and other life forms. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 31, 2022

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Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
Science
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, Aristotle, change, continuity, football, Mass, meditation, neuroscience, philosophy of mind, shape}

Philosopher: I’m Neither Me, Myself, Nor I…Yet I Give Interviews!

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August 31, 2022

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Theoretical philosopher Thomas Metzinger tells his interviewer “Nobody ever had or was a self. Selves are not part of reality.” Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 30, 2022

Categories
Botany
Life Sciences
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, anesthesia, chimpanzees, cognition, consciousness, dolphins, intelligence, invertebrates, Paco Calvo, panpsychism, ResearchGate, spiders, Venus flytrap}

Researcher Says Plants May Be Conscious, Too

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August 30, 2022

Botany, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind

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Paco Calvo has authored many papers in respected journals; his view is another instance of panpsychism overtaking materialism in science. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
August 28, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, abstraction, crying, Dogs, emotions, joy, pain, pets, Research, Scientific Reports, Smithsonian Magazine, tears, The Scientist}

Study: Dogs Cry for Joy as Well as Pain

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August 28, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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That shouldn’t really be too surprising because the fact that humans and dogs can share emotions is part of what forms bonds between us. Read More ›