birth Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 20, 2023 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & MindPhilosophy Tagged , abortion, baby, birth, children, Christof Koch, consciousness, dreaming, fetuses, hard problem of consciousness, Integrated information theory, neuroscience, newborn, pregnancy, Robert Wright, synaptic connections, Thomas Nagel, Trinity College Dublin, unborn humans Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth Denyse O’Leary October 20, 2023 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Philosophy 4 Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Read More ›
dolphins Type post Date July 17, 2022 CategoriesIntelligent DesignNeuroscience & MindPsychology Tagged , Ars Technica, birds, brain size, brains, chimpanzees, genetic engineering, Homo sapiens, human brain, humans, information processing, John Timmer, lemurs, London School of Economics, Michael Denton, monkeys, octopuses, oxygen, primates, superintelligence, synaptic connections, The Miracle of Man Brain Size Doesn’t Determine Intelligence Science and Culture July 17, 2022 Intelligent Design, Neuroscience & Mind, Psychology 5 Brains are not simple, so many “just common sense” theories have fallen by the wayside. Read More ›