Neuroscience & Mind – Page 21 – Christian Life Coaching Franklin Tennessee

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

24Jan 2022 by Post

Theists vs. Atheists: Who Has the Burden of Proof?

atheists, debate, Divine Hiddenness argument, Evidence, faith, Faith & Science, ground of existence, ignorance, immunity idol, logic, Matt Dillahunty, nature, Neuroscience & Mind, theists, tribal immunity

Because Dillahunty refuses to debate me again, I’ll address his claim that atheists have no burden of proof in the debate over God’s existence in this post. Source

05Jan 2022 by Post

Does Superdeterminism Resolve Dilemmas Around Free Will?

Acts, Augustus, beliefs, block universe, determinism, free will, John Bell, laws of nature, materialists, nature, Neuroscience & Mind, physicists, Physics, Earth & Space, quantum mechanics, Sabine Hossenfelder, Superdeterminism, universe

The conventional view of nature held by materialists is that all acts are wholly determined by the laws of nature. Source

17Nov 2021 by Post

Harvard U Press Computer Science Author Gives AI a Reality Check

algebra, ambiguity, artificial general intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, audience, computer science, computers, COSM 2021, Discovery Institute, Erik Larson, grocery store, Harvard University Press, humans, Jeopardy, Neuroscience & Mind, News Media, philosophy, reality check, superintelligence, The Myth of Artificial Intelligence

The key missing ingredient in machine intelligence is the ability to appreciate context, do analysis, and make appropriate inferences. Source

05Nov 2021 by Post

University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive

archaea, bacteria, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, biology, cell's, cognition, Daniel Dennett, intelligence, Intelligent Design, James Shapiro, Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind, Oxford English Dictionary, protoplasm, quorum sensing, University of Chicago

James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.” 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

18Sep 2021 by Post

Detecting Malicious Intent in Undisputed Design

Brent Spiner, Darwinism, forensic science, Holly Else, Intelligent Design, Matthew Hutson, Microprocessors and Microsystems, Mind Matters, Nature (journal), Neuroscience & Mind, Nicholas Caputo, peer-review, PNAS, Robert J. Marks, Silicon Valley, Sleeping Beauty, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Starship Troopers, William Dembski

Within clearly designed objects, malicious intents can lurk. Intelligent design theory handles those, too, and should. Source

07Jun 2021 by Post

The Brain Prosperity Gospel: Can “Neurotheology” Be Real Science?

Andrew Newberg, anthropology, brain, brain imaging, compassion, correlates, fMRI, infused contemplation, materialism, Medicine, mystical union, neurology, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, neurotheology, Prayer, psychology, spiritual experience

Neurotheology is likely to become just another materialist fad in which the human rational and spiritual soul is reduced to evolved meat. 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

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