Category: Neuroscience & Mind
Why the Multiverse Theory Can’t Explain Away Cosmic Fine-Tuning
Many thoughtful people in science today would see the goal of science as explaining away both goal-directedness and thought.
Can There Be Evidence for Free Will?
John Horgan thinks that “proofs” of free will seem as dubious as denials but there is actually considerable neuroscience evidence.
Researchers Are Stalled in Understanding the Origin of Human Language
What’s revealing in these types of studies is not what the researchers find but what the science media choose to make of them
Who (or What) First Used Tools?
It’s not stone tool use that is exclusive to humans; vultures can do that too. It’s the ability to form abstract ideas.
More Discoveries Point to Neanderthal Intelligence
This very ancient people we know the most about can’t be the missing link that many paleontologists are looking for.