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24May 2024 by Post

Sociovirologists Say Viruses Can Cheat, Cooperate

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What does it mean to say that a defective string of genes’s behavior could be self-defeating? Or self-preserving? Where did the “self” come in? Source

15May 2024 by Post

Consciousness BEFORE Life? These Scientists Say Yes

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One key way life differs from non-life is that life forms have goals. For example, the amoeba seeks to protect itself. Source

29Apr 2024 by Post

Do Fungi Have Free-Will?

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Whenever a new hypothesis like this is published and calmly debated in scientific journals without arousing any furor, your first instinct may be to scoff. Source

13Apr 2024 by Post

Did Consciousness Evolve?

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Michael Egnor interviews Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher with a background in computer engineering, about consciousness, evolution, and intelligent design. Source

17Mar 2024 by Post

Consciousness Observes Different Laws from Physics

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Keith Ward explains how we can know that the mind is not simply what the brain does. Source

02Feb 2024 by Post

Artificial General Intelligence: Machines vs. Organisms

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It may seem that I’m picking too much on Ray Kurzweil. But he and I have been crossing paths for a long time. Source

24Jan 2024 by Post

Brain as a Quantum System: Theory Gets New Traction

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Hameroff and Penrose’s Orch Or Theory sees consciousness as the outcome of a quantum collapse of a wave function. Source

27Dec 2023 by Post

No. 6 Story of 2023: On Free Will, ChatGPT4 Blows Away Atheist Sam Harris

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Yes, the irony here is palpable, and I’ve long been critical of Harris’s view of free will as an illusion. Source

12Dec 2023 by Post

Can Animal Minds Explain Human Minds?

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Kristin Andrews thinks consciousness researchers should discard the assumptions of “white, male and WEIRD” philosophy profs and study more crabs. Source

20Oct 2023 by Post

Consciousness May Occur Near Time of Birth

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Researchers generally stress that the unborn child’s brain is in a rapid, ongoing, and little understood state of development. Source

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