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Photo: Earthrise, by Bill Anders, Apollo 8, via NASA.

Carl Sagan Aside, Earth Is Significant

Does the view from a vast distance have any relationship to the significance of a human cultural achievement? Read More ›
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Here Is a New Interpretation for That Alive-and-Dead Quantum Cat

Schrödinger’s cat has got to be the most famous cat in science. He’s really a thought experiment. Read More ›
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Daniel Dennett: The Final Prophet?

Dennett’s approach to human consciousness has not only borne no fruit but it is hard to see how it ever could. Read More ›
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“Plant Philosophy” Sounds Like a Joke — It Isn’t

The purpose is to destroy the philosophical basis of Western civilization. Think I’m overreacting? Read More ›
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Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Read More ›
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The Cell as an “Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune” 

Dr. Navare, a science writer and an enthusiast of Feminist Science Studies, plausibly makes a scientific case against seeing the cell as a hierarchical entity. Read More ›
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Aeon: “The Cell Is Not a Factory” — It’s Far More Complex

Viewing the cell’s nucleus as keeping a “collaborative notebook” implies record-keeping to maintain order and to act toward a purpose. Read More ›
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Genes Rule? The Evidence of Identical Twins

Researcher on identical twins hoped to prove that Genes Rule! But there were ethics slippages along the way. Read More ›
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Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

Anil Seth explains away consciousness away using fashionable terms like that. As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I know from clinical experience that he is wrong. Read More ›

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