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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 27, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, consciousness, Eugene Wigner, human mind, laws of nature, materialism, philosophers, photon, physical world, physicists, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, universe}

Apart from Non-Material Consciousness, Science Is Impossible

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 27, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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Whether and how we choose to measure something has a big impact, which makers consciousness very difficult to just explain away. Read More ›

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
November 26, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, Canada, consciousness, Eugene Wigner, goats, John Bell, John von Neumann, Nigeria, quantum effects, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, termites}

Quantum Physics Axed Materialism. Many Hope the World Won’t Know

_{Denyse O’Leary
November 26, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences

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Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder struggles to explain how quantum mechanics is consistent with materialism. Read More ›

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Date
November 20, 2022

Categories
Biology
Human Origins and Anthropology
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, apes, cats, consciousness, Eva Jablonka, evolution, Irreducible Complexity, Martin Luther King Jr., mice, Mother Teresa, Psychology Today, University of Toronto}

Evolution of Human Consciousness Solved! — Yet Again

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November 20, 2022

Biology, Human Origins and Anthropology, Neuroscience & Mind

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What does the term “evolution” contribute to the discussion of the origin of human consciousness? Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Arts
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, artists, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computers, consciousness, David Chalmers, Discovery Institute, Google, hard problem of consciousness, LaMDA, microchips}

Could Artificial Intelligence Ever Pass the Van Gogh Test?

_{Casey Luskin
November 15, 2022

Arts, Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Vincent Van Gogh was crazy but he was talented, and AI can be neither crazy nor talented. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 14, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Academy Award, Alan Turing, artificial intelligence, Baylor University, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, computer programmers, computer science, computers, consciousness, COSM, George Montañez, Harvey Mudd College, humans, LaMDA, Lovelace test, pop culture, Robert J. Marks II, TikTok, Washington Post, worldview, Yahoo News!}

Experts Debate: Was a Chatbot Sentient?

_{Casey Luskin
November 14, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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Lemoine was famously fired from Google earlier this year after he leaked a transcript of his conversation with Google’s advanced LaMDA chatbot program. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 10, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, atheism, blindness, brain activity, cardiac arrest, consciousness, death, heart, materialism, materialists, mind, neuroscience, Salon, Twitter, University of Montreal, Wesley Smith}

Neuroscientist: Near-Death Experiences Are “Utterly Incompatible” with Materialism

_{David Klinghoffer
November 10, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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"NDE studies suggest that after physical death, mind and consciousness may continue in a transcendent level of reality." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
November 8, 2022

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, brain activity, consciousness, death, evolution, faith, heart, life after death, materialism, natural selection, near-death experiences, New York University, perception, physicians, Sam Parnia, theology, thinking}

Does a New Scientific Study Offer Evidence of Life after Death?

_{Wesley J. Smith
November 8, 2022

Evolution, Faith & Science, Medicine

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Maybe there is no evolutionary explanation. There is certainly no discernible natural-selection benefit. Read More ›

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Date
November 7, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, consciousness, dog, electron, Eugene Wigner, human consciousness, Nobel Prize, observations, observer, prayer, quantum mechanics, thought experiment}

As Conscious Observers, Do We Help Create Our World?

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November 7, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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That’s the big question in quantum mechanics, as science communicator Elizabeth Fernandez explains. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 31, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Neuroscience & Mind
Technology
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, computer, consciousness, Dante, Garden of Eden, gods, immortality, machines, materialism, myths, Science Uprising, Tower of Babel, transhumanism, Yuval Noah Harari}

John Lennox: Dante, Glaucus, and Transhumanism

_{David Klinghoffer
October 31, 2022

Bioethics, Neuroscience & Mind, Technology

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Meanwhile, the will to become gods — transhumanism in a nutshell — still beckons with its ancient glamour. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
October 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, Aeon, Anil Seth, brain, brain hemispheres, brainstem, consciousness, David Chalmers, materialism, neuroscience, neuroscientists, reality, University of Sussex, Yair Pinto}

Is Consciousness a “Controlled Brain Hallucination”?

_{Michael Egnor
October 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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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 ›