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11Feb 2022 by Post

Can Insects Be Conscious? Let’s Look at Bees First

Andrew Barron, Australia, biology, central complex, Colin Klein, consciousness, Evolution, honeybees, human consciousness, insects, Intelligent Design, Macquarie University, midbrain, Neuroscience & Mind, phenomenal consciousness, PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Smithsonian Magazine

It is important to qualify what “consciousness” means when we are talking about bees. Source

22Oct 2021 by Post

Where and What Is Consciousness?

Aristotle, Baruch Spinoza, brain, cerebral cortex, consciousness, Evolution, Jerry Coyne, Mark Solms, Medicine, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, philosophy, physicalism, robots, Science Uprising, The Hidden Spring, Thomas Aquinas

If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain. Source

02Oct 2021 by Post

Did Minimal Consciousness Drive the Cambrian Explosion?

anatomy, Anna Zeligowski, brains, Bremen, Cambrian Explosion, chemoton, consciousness, David Chalmers, Eva Jablonka, Evolution, Evolution in Four Dimensions, Germany, Neuroscience & Mind, origin of life, protocell, Simona Ginsberg, Tibor Gánti, wager

Eva Jablonka’s team makes the daring case, repurposing Hungarian chemist Tibor Gánti’s origin of life studies. Source

29May 2021 by Post

Can LSD Help Us Understand the Mind–Brain Relationship?

Aldous Huxley, brain, brain injuries, consciousness, Cornell University, Ferdinand Schiller, fMRI, forgetfulness, functional magnetic resonance imaging, hypnosis, Ian Sample, LSD, matter, mind, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Oxford University, psychedelic drugs, The Guardian

Aldous Huxley noted that LSD “lowers the efficiency of the brain as an instrument for focusing the mind on the problems of life.” Source

03Feb 2021 by Post

More Dispatches from the Science/Religion Classroom

consciousness, cosmology, Darwinian theory, Darwinians, Evolution, Faith & Science, fine-tuning, Francis Collins, geneticists, mathematics, methodological naturalism, natural selection, origin of life, particle physics, Philip Davies, population genetics, Richard Goldschmidt, Richard Lewontin, The Goldilocks Enigma, The Language of God, universe

Students are adept at spotting the incongruities, double standards, and tendentious arguments that often accompany methodological naturalism. Source

29Jan 2021 by Post

Egnor: Disturbing Questions About Consciousness

amnesia, analgesia, anesthesia, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, consciousness, medical students, Medicine, memory, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pain, sedative, surgery, unconsciousness, Walter Bradley Center

Think about this next time you are put under general anesthesia, which I hope neither you nor I will be anytime soon. Source

22Jan 2021 by Post

Fun Game: Ask Your Darwinist Friends, “Guess Who Said This?”

accident, anti-science, cell's, consciousness, Darwinists, Evolution, games, history of science, Indiana Jones, intelligence, Intelligent Design, John West, Michael Flannery, natural selection, The Miracle of the Cell

Earlier this month, Michael Flannery and John West discussed the legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823-1913) on the occasion of his birthday. Source

18Jan 2021 by Post

Martin Luther King on the Primacy of Idea over Material

character, civil rights, consciousness, Discovery Institute, Intelligent Design, James Jeans, Martin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther King Jr. Day, nature, philosophical idealism, Physics and Philosophy, racial equality, skin color, universe

It’s a necessary effort to stop oneself from longing for the great men and women of the past, even just the past century. Source

07Oct 2020 by Post

Michael Denton Identifies TWO Intelligent Designs in the Universe

Big Bang, biology, carbon, Chemistry, consciousness, Discovery Institute, fine-tuning, fitness, Francis Bacon, Intelligent Design, life, mankind, medieval synthesis, Michael Denton, Middle Ages, mind, nature, organs, physics, Reconquista, The Fitness of Nature for Mankind, The Miracle of the Cell

“The whole world works together in the service of man,” as Francis Bacon wrote. Denton revives this ancient insight with modern rigor. Source

27Jul 2020 by Post

John Lennox: What (Not) to Expect of Artificial Intelligence in 2084

2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity, Artificial Intelligence, consciousness, economy, ethics, future, ID The Future, John Lennox, mathematicians, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind, Oxford University, Podcast, programmers, Robert J. Marks, workers

A key question as we move toward this future, says Lennox, is what does it mean to be human? Source

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