Tag: brain
Appreciate Your (Un-Evolved) Body
Things you probably didn’t even know about should arouse awe as we go about our tasks each day, and sleep each night.
Robert Marks: Randomness and the Enigma of Creativity
Only a freely acting, designing agent resolves the mystery. Only such an agent creates, truly, ex nihilo.
Memory — New Research Reveals Cells Have It, Too
A memory of past events helps a cell learn how to respond to recurring threats and protect the genome.
Egnor — Introducing the Aristotelian Neuroscientist
Considering Hamlet, the Aristotelian can appreciate both the physiology and the drama to which the mechanist is blind.
Yes, “Your Brain Is a Machine” — Wait, What?
One might add that this analysis applies to the world of life as a whole.