Author: Denyse O'Leary
Free Will: What Are the Reasons to Believe in It?
Some say that free will might be a useful delusion but neuroscience provides sound reasons to believe that it is real.
Researchers: Neanderthals Invented Process to Produce Birch Tar
The tar can be used for glue, bug repellent, and killing germs. This finding tracks growing recognition of Neanderthals as intelligent.
All We Need to Do to Give a Robot a Soul Is… (Error 404)
In reality, programmers don’t leave souls out of robots because they don’t find them useful; they simply and obviously have no idea how to insert them.
Reptilian Brain Myth Is Still Alive and Kicking
Many psychology students are subjected to this day to an exploded pop neuroscience myth endorsed by celebrity scientist Carl Sagan.
Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism
The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma.”