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29Jul 2024 by Post

Pig Brains Thought Dead May Be Revived

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Pigs are considered useful biomedical models for humans so the implications of such studies sent waves through the field of resuscitation — and bioethics. Source

24Jul 2024 by Post

Is There a Universal Distress Register for Animals?

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Researchers decided to play recorded sounds of human crying and humming to both dogs and pet pigs. Source

18Jul 2024 by Post

Near-Death Experiences as Possum Tales

animals, brain, Charlotte Martial, Current Biology, Darwinian evolution, Grossman School of Medicine, humans, Life Sciences, near-death experiences, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, opossum, playing dead, Rachel Nuwer, Sam Parnia, Scientific American, thanatosis

The authors provide a number of accounts from people who experienced altered consciousness when under attack by large animals. Source

15Jul 2024 by Post

Eric Hedin on the Intelligent Design of Sleep

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“Survival of the unconscious…the most unconscious person wins…that just doesn’t seem to fit at all with an evolutionary survival of the fittest paradigm.” Source

04Jul 2024 by Post

Research: Our Brains Float Between Two Phases, Dodging Disorder

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The good news, according to recent research, is that unsteadiness is the normal state of the human brain. Source

03Jul 2024 by Post

What Is Pseudoscience? A Philosopher Tries to Figure It Out

astrology, Atheism, Christof Koch, creationism, David Chalmers, Evidence, fine-tuning, homeopathy, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Intelligent Design, Kåre Letrud, Massimo Pigliucci, Neuroscience & Mind, Nonsense on Stilts, parapsychology, philosophers, philosophical preference, Philosophy of Pseudoscience, pseudoscience, Skeptical Inquirer, UFOs

One is tempted to wonder whether “room for disagreement” is a polite term for Not Yet Cancelled. Source

30Jun 2024 by Post

Bees with Feelings? A Darwinist Winces

animal consciousness, animals, Chemistry, consciousness, Daniel Dennett, Evolution, Feelings, flight distance, human consciousness, insects, Jerry Coyne, Lars Chittka, natural selection, naturalism, Neuroscience & Mind, panpsychism, Princeton University Press, protozoans, qualia, Queen Mary University, Scientific American, sentience, The Mind of a Bee, Tufts University

Most naturalist philosophers of mind have held that human consciousness — maddeningly mysterious — is an illusion. Source

23Jun 2024 by Post

Some Biologists Take “Plant Minds” Seriously

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What would surely puzzle other observers is the considerable current effort — at the same time — to portray human intelligence as some sort of illusion. Source

08Jun 2024 by Post