Succisa-pratensis Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 25, 2026 CategoriesBiologyLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , animals, Annaka Harris, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, biochemists, caterpillar, cats, cells, cocooning, cognition, Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, consciousness, Dogs, dying, environments, Epoch Times, evolution, glutamate, hierarchy, horses, human nervous system, iai.tv, James Shapiro, leaves, Makai Elías Calles, mating, natural selection, neurons, neurotransmitters, octopus, plant consciousness, plants, self-awareness, stripping fruit trees, Thomas Nagel, University of Chicago Evolutionary Lens Deterred Scientists from Considering Plant Cognition Denyse O’Leary August 25, 2026 Biology, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 6 It’s a familiar concept: the long, slow march from mud to mind meant that only toward the upper tier would we find such developments as cognition. Read More ›
BloemknoppenvaneenhertshooiHypericum13-06-2025dj Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 19, 2026 CategoriesLife SciencesPhilosophy of ScienceScientific Reasoning Tagged , animism, Annaka Harris, cabbage, Cambridge University, chauvinism, consciousness, dandelions, Hard Problem, human consciousness, information, lunacy, materialism, Natalie Lawrence, neurons, Paco Calvo, panpsychism, philosophy, Planta Sapiens, plants, ResearchGate, Sam Harris, slime molds, vertebrates The Latest: Plants as “Non-Human Persons” Denyse O’Leary June 19, 2026 Life Sciences, Philosophy of Science, Scientific Reasoning 5 The need to see humans as equivalent to animals has now spread to the need to see us as equivalent to plants. Read More ›
Panpsychism-2-Adobe-Stock259152806-1536x1068 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 20, 2025 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy of Science Tagged , Annaka Harris, consciousness, dualism, eliminative materialism, Giulio Tononi, hardware, Hedda Hassel Mørch, illusion, Integrated information theory, materialism, matter, Nautilus, panpsychism, particles, physicalism, software Weighing Whether Matter Itself Is Conscious Denyse O’Leary June 20, 2025 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy of Science 6 To say that consciousness is real is to say that the immaterial world is, in principle, real. Read More ›
universe Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date June 17, 2025 CategoriesFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , Annaka Harris, brains, Carlo Rovelli, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, eliminative materialism, Four Horsemen, idealism, illusion, Lee Smolin, materialists, New Atheists, octopus, panpsychism, quantum mechanics, Sam Harris, self, universe A Conscious Universe? Denyse O’Leary June 17, 2025 Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind 6 Annaka Harris seems to be fleeing eliminative materialism — the snake that eats its own tail. Read More ›
