Homo_sapiens_neanderthalensis-Jäger Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date November 5, 2024 CategoriesEvolutionary PsychologyHuman Origins and AnthropologyNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , abstract thinking, anthropology, Aristotle, behavior, Big Think, Bobby Azarian, consciousness, evolution, human mind, human origins, neuroscientists, panpsychism, Roger Penrose, Stone Age Getting Stoned: Did It Shape Human Origins? Denyse O’Leary November 5, 2024 Evolutionary Psychology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind 6 For a really wild excursion, nothing beats efforts to explain the evolution of the human mind. Read More ›
brain Type post Date June 13, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , artificial intelligence, Bobby Azarian, brain, Carnegie Mellon University, consciousness, feedback loops, information, machines, materialism, mind, neurons, neuroscientists, Santa Fe Institute, self, self-organization theory, self-reference, split brain Can Self-Organization Theory Account for Consciousness? Science and Culture June 13, 2022 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind 3 One difficulty is that many humans produce a “self” with split brains, a brain missing key components, or half a brain. That’s not consistent with materialism. Read More ›
