Tag: meditation

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Date
October 20, 2022

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Science
Tagged
, central nervous system, DNA, evolution, fossils, genome, human origins, humans, meditation, Neanderthals, non-Africans, sleep, smoking}

Got These Bad Habits? Blame Neanderthals!

_{Science and Culture
October 20, 2022

Human Origins and Anthropology, Science

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Neanderthal man, long extinct as a separate human group, now explains why we smoke and drink to excess… Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
August 31, 2022

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

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

_{Michael Egnor
August 31, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy, Science

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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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Date
August 20, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brain, brain scan, ID the Future, meditation, Michael Egnor, mysticism, near-death experiences, neuroscience, podcast}

Listen: Into the Mystic with a Neurosurgeon and a Neurotheologian

_{Science and Culture
August 20, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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What parts of the brain light up, and what parts go dormant, when someone is “speaking in tongues”? Read More ›

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Date
August 19, 2022

Categories
Neuroscience & Mind
Science
Tagged
, brains, faith, meditation, mind, neuroscience, religion}

The Mind/Brain Problem and the Power of Meditative Prayer

_{Science and Culture
August 19, 2022

Neuroscience & Mind, Science

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It’s hard to know where the brain ends and the mind begins. How can studying our brains give us insight into our minds? Read More ›

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Author
Amanda Witt

Date
July 22, 2022

Categories
Faith & Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, algorithms, artificial intelligence, Blake Lemoine, chatbot, common sense, companionship, consciousness, conversation, emotions, fear, Google, humans, LaMDA, meditation, Non-Computable You, psychologists, reading, Robert J. Marks II, sentience, spirituality, Washington Post, Wesley J. Smith}

Chatbots Might Chat, But They’re Not People

_{Amanda Witt
July 22, 2022

Faith & Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience & Mind

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A Google engineer claims a chatbot meditates, believes itself to have a soul, has emotions like fear, and enjoys reading. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
January 15, 2019

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, brains, California, computers, consciousness, Darwinism, Disinherit the Wind, Hollywood, homeostasis, John West, life, Matt Chait, meditation, Scott Turner, University of California, Yiddish}

Darwin Doubting Playwright Matt Chait Returns to the Hollywood Stage

_{David Klinghoffer
January 15, 2019

Scientific Freedom

3}

Chait writes smart, concise dialogue on these subjects, and seems to have learned more than a thing or two from biologist Scott Turner’s recent book, Purpose and Desire. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
December 11, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, __k-review, atheism, bananas, chimpanzees, Google, Heaven, Homo Deus, Homo sapiens, Israel, Jerusalem, meditation, Oxford University, Ray Kurzweil, religion, Singularity, smartphone, The Singularity is Near, Toronto, transhumanism, Wesley Smith, Wikipedia, Yuval Noah Harari}

For Transhumanists, a Dawning Realization

_{David Klinghoffer
December 11, 2018

Faith & Science, Neuroscience & Mind

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New religions aren’t necessarily founded already knowing that that is what they are destined to become. Read More ›