Category: Neuroscience & Mind
“Would Mathematics Be Here if We Weren’t?”
In December, physicist and author Lawrence Krauss interviewed the late American novelist Cormac McCarthy, who died on June 13th at the age of 89.
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.
At the Altar of that Hideous Strength
C. S. Lewis’s classic science fiction tale is about the temptation to reject being human.
Gregory Chaitin on Gödel, Computer Science, and the Blessing of Children
Robert J. Marks talks with the trailblazing mathematician about Kurt Gödel’s ontological proof for the existence of God, and more.
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.