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08Apr 2022 by Post

Brain Neurons Are “Comparable to a Library”

axon, biology, brain, Brown University, Duke University, external world, Intelligent Design, Irreducible Complexity, library, Max Planck Institute, NELL2, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pinwheels, proteins, purpose, retina, Robo3, Rockefeller University, visual cortex

It’s one of those occasions in biology (not rare) when the term “intelligent design,” despite other merits, falls flat as a description. Source

07Apr 2022 by Post

Evolutionary Psychologist Argues that Worms Feel Pain. But How?

Aimen Mirza, alarm system, biology, David Barash, earthworms, endothermic life, Evolution, evolutionary psychology, exothermic life, intelligence, invertebrates, Nautilus, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, pain, panpsychism, Richard Dawkins, sentience, slaughter, Through a Glass Brightly, University of Washington, Wormmy

Wait. Barash’s hypothesis overlooks the fact that suffering is more than an alarm system. An alarm could be going off in an empty building. Source

05Apr 2022 by Post

Did Researchers Teach Fish to “Do Math”?

arithmetic, bees, cichlids, counting, fish, food pellets, infants, Intelligent Design, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, numbers, Rafael Núñez, Silke Goebel, Sophie Fessl, stringrays, The Scientist, UC San Diego

Some test fish learned how to how to get food pellets but the difficulty, as so often, lies with interpretation. Source

02Apr 2022 by Post

A Sympathetic Account of Panpsychism

Albert Einstein, brain, consciousness, David Papineau, general relativity, materialism, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, New Scientist, panpsychism, Philip Goff, physicalism, physicists, physics, Physics, Earth & Space, quantum world, Thomas Lewton

“Modern physics was founded on the separation of mind and matter.” Indeed, it was. And if that doesn’t work, materialism is dead. 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

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

06May 2021 by Post

Where Do People “Go” in a Coma?

Adrian Owen, animation, animators, China, coma, Michael Egnor, music box, neuroscience, Neuroscience & Mind, Oscars, Robert J. Marks, WiNDUP, Yibing Jiang

At a certain level of unconsciousness, a comatose person’s loved ones are assured that he is aware of their surroundings and should be spoken to naturally. 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

01Dec 2020 by Post

“Resolution Revolution”: Intelligent Design, Now at the Atomic Level

adaptive optics, angstroms, atoms, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, biological systems, Boston University, Chemistry, Cryo-EM microscopy, Daniel Hammer, diffraction limit, electron microscope, Food and Drug Administration, Intelligent Design, Jed Macosco, Jiulia He, John E. Walker, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Leonhard Möckl, Methods in Molecular Biology, Michael Behe, microglia, microscopy, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature News and Views, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, neuroscience, Nobel Prize, ophthalmology, optical coherence tomography, optical engineers, PNAS, Protein Science (journal), ribose operon, rotors, Sheng Xiao, Stanford University, W. E. Moerner

Breakthroughs in imaging are allowing scientists to see iconic molecular machines in unprecedented detail. This will be a great boon for design science. Source

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