Category: Neuroscience & Mind
University of Chicago Biochemist: All Living Cells Are Cognitive
James Shapiro’s recent paper points out, with examples, that bacteria meet the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition of “cognitive.”
Where and What Is Consciousness?
If humans are just “robots made of meat,” then the seat of consciousness ought to be locatable somewhere in the brain.
There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind
We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces.
Did Minimal Consciousness Drive the Cambrian Explosion?
Eva Jablonka’s team makes the daring case, repurposing Hungarian chemist Tibor Gánti’s origin of life studies.
Detecting Malicious Intent in Undisputed Design
Within clearly designed objects, malicious intents can lurk. Intelligent design theory handles those, too, and should.